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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)