Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Bourgeois /bər-ʹjois/ · Bour·geois · IPA /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/ n. n. 01 n. A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. 1. A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.(Print.) See: Type 02 n. A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. 1. A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.[France.] 2. a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.