petite bourgeoise

[ puh-teetboor-zhwahz; French puh-teet boor-zhwaz ]

noun,plural pe·tites bour·geoises [puh-teetboor-zhwahz; French puh-teet boor-zhwaz]. /pəˈtit bʊərˈʒwɑz; French pə tit burˈʒwaz/.
  1. a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.

Origin of petite bourgeoise

1
1850–55; <French; feminine of petit bourgeois

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