bourgène, n.f. V. bourdaine.
bourgeois, n.m., -e, n.f., (-joâ, -joaz), burgess, citizen, townsman, commoner; master, mistress, owner of a merchant-ship; contractor. Un bon —; a substantial citizen. Un petit —; a humble citizen. Être en —; (of officers) to be dressed in plain clothes.
bourgeois, -e, adj., middle-class; belonging to, or becoming, a citizen, citizenlike; private; plain; common. Famille —e; good middle-class family. Avoir l’air —, les manières, —es; to be common in one’s gait and manners. Cuisine —e; plain, homely cooking. Pension —; private boarding-house. Comédie —e; private theatricals.
bourgeoisement (-joaz-mān), adv., citizenlike, humbly; vulgarly.
bourgeoisie (-joa-zî), n.f., middle-class, citizenship, citizens. Droit de —; freedom of a city. Haute —; upper middle-class, gentry. Caution —; good security.
bourgeon (boor-jon), n.m., bud, gem; shoot; pimple.
bourgeonnant, -e, adj., budding.
bourgeonné, -e, part., budded, pimpled.
bourgeonnement (-jo-n-mān), n.m., budding, budding-time.
bourgeonner (-jo-né), v.n., to bud, to shoot, to put forth young shoots; to break out in pimples.