petit bourgeois
a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
Origin of petit bourgeois
1Other words from petit bourgeois
- pe·tit-bour·geois, adjective
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How to use petit bourgeois in a sentence
He is the petit bourgeois, the picier, the class which the world ridicules.
Huntingtower | John BuchanTo think that you, a watchmaker and a petit bourgeois, should experience what many a saint has died without realizing!
Read-Aloud Plays | Horace HolleyThe cabanon is really the maison de campagne of the petit bourgeois of the cities and towns.
Rambles on the Riviera | Francis MiltounIt is their nave and faithful representation of the life of the Parisian petit bourgeois that seems to Brne so admirable.
There were no jarring notes or lavish, tawdry display, the pitfalls into which the parvenue and petit bourgeois invariably fall.
When Dreams Come True | Ritter Brown
British Dictionary definitions for petit bourgeois
/ (ˈpɛtɪ ˈbʊəʒwɑː, French pəti burʒwa) /
Also called: petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
a member of this stratum
of, relating to, or characteristic of the petit bourgeois, esp indicating a sense of self-righteousness and a high degree of conformity to established standards of behaviour
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