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Social classes > Middle classes > Bourgeoisie

Preferred term

Bourgeoisie  

Definition

  • One of the social classes whose income derives from the profits of commercial and industrial enterprise, especially as distinguished from the landed gentry, wage earners, farmers, and the professions. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bourgeois classes
  • Classes, bourgeois

Notation

  • 118092

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VQ3RQM40-3

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