Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [From a French type founder named
   Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence
   applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and
   long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. {Burgess}.]
   (Print.)
   A size of type between long primer and brevier. See {Type}.

   Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type.

Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German
   origin. See {Burgess}.]
   A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping
   class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in
   France.

Source : WordNet®

bourgeois
     adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning
            class and exploitive of the working class
     2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
        class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: {conservative}, {materialistic}]
     3: belonging to the middle class

bourgeois
     n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
          [syn: {businessperson}]
     2: a member of the middle class [syn: {burgher}]