petite bourgeoise

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

noun

, plural pe·tites bour·geoises [p, uh, -, teet, b, oo, r-, zhwahz, p, uh, -teet boo, r, -, zhwaz].

1. a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of petite bourgeoise¹

1850–55; < French; feminine of petit bourgeois