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
3.belonging to the middle class bourgeois n.
1.a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
2.a member of the middle class
Idiom of the Day
take a toll on (someone or something)
to damage or hurt someone or something by using it too much or by hard living
The stress and long hours at work are beginning to take a toll on my friend.