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PETIT BOURGEOIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)

Synonyms:

petit bourgeois; petite bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("petit bourgeois" is a kind of...):

bourgeoisie; middle class (the social class between the lower and upper classes)

Meronyms (members of "petit bourgeois"):

petit bourgeois (a member of the lower middle class)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the lower middle class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("petit bourgeois" is a kind of...):

bourgeois; burgher (a member of the middle class)

Holonyms ("petit bourgeois" is a member of...):

petit bourgeois; petite bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie (lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.))

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