petite bourgeoise
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of petite bourgeoise
1850–55; < French; feminine of petit bourgeois
Example Sentences
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Mother was Henriette, a grimly independent petite bourgeoise who lived in Li�ge all her life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their doubled tasks involve a greater drain on their physical energies than the petite bourgeoise suffers, especially in those districts devastated by the first German invasion—the valley of the Marne.
From The Living Present by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Ah! if only Sabine or Blanche Gerson occupied the position filled by this petite bourgeoise of Grenoble!
From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri
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