bourgeois
A bourgeois ( French bourgeois 'citizen [in]', to bourg 'castle') is a member of the bourgeoisie ('bourgeoisie').
The outdated adjective bourgeois (French bourgeois) means “bourgeois”. The term was and is also used as a battle term.
In the French language, the term bourgeois for the citizen is clearly differentiated from the term citoyen , which can also be translated as "citizen".
Bourgeois also means:
- (1543) Bourgeois , an asteroid of the main belt
Bourgeois is the family name of the following people:
- Alex Bourgeois (* 1914), Belgian fencer
- Amandine Bourgeois (* 1979), French pop singer
- Armand François M. Le Bourgeois (1911–2005), French clergyman, Bishop of Autun
- Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (1806–1871), French theater poet
- Célia Bourgeois (* 1983), French cross-country skier
- Charles-François Bourgeois (1759–1821), French général de brigade
- Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois (1759–1832), French painter and physicist
- Charlie Bourgeois (1919–2014), American music organizer and producer
- Christian Bourgeois (* 1944), French motorcycle racer
- Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer and professor
- Djo-Bourgeois (1898–1937), actually Georges Bourgeois, French architect, interior designer and designer
- Élodie Bourgeois-Pin (* 1982), French cross-country skier
- Émile Bourgeois (1857–1934), French historian
- Emmanuel-David Bourgeois (1803–1865), Swiss politician
- Francis Bourgeois (1756–1811), English landscape painter and art dealer
- Geert Bourgeois (* 1951), Belgian lawyer and politician of the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)
- Gérard Bourgeois (1936–2016), French composer and songwriter
- Jacques Bourgeois (* 1958), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Jean-Louis Goldwater Bourgeois , American author, human rights activist and multimillionaire
- Jean-Marie Bourgeois (* 1939), French Nordic combined skier
- Joël Bourgeois (* 1971), Canadian obstacle runner
- Jules Bourgeois (1846–1911), French entomologist
- Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), French lawyer and statesman
- Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French painter and sculptor
- Lloyd Bourgeois (1903–1968), American triple jumper
- Louyse Bourgeois (1563–1636), French midwife and author
- Loys Bourgeois (1510 to after 1561), reformed church musician
- Maxime Bourgeois (* 1991), French football player
- Pierre Bourgeois (1898–1976), Belgian poet
- Robert Bourgeois (1857–1945), French general
- Roy Bourgeois (* 1938), American, Roman Catholic clergyman, peace and human rights activist
- Thibaut Bourgeois (* 1990), French football player
- Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1750), French composer
- Vera Bourgeois (* 1961), German artist
- Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), Belgian architect and town planner
- Yvonne Bourgeois (1902–?), French tennis player
