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.
⇒ This line is printed in bourgeois type.
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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.
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