Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bourgeois

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle French, from Old French burgeis townsman, from burc, borg town, from Latin burgus  Date: circa 1565  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the townsman or of the social middle class  2. marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity  3. dominated by commercial and industrial interests ; capitalistic  • ~ification noun  • ~ify verb  II. noun  (plural ~)  Date: circa 1674  1.  a. burgher  b. a middle-class person  2. a person with social behavior and political views held to be influenced by private-property interest ; capitalist  3. plural ~ie BOURGEOIS  I. biographical name Leon-Victor-Auguste 1851-1925 French statesman  II. biographical name Louise 1911- American (French-born) sculptor