petite bourgeoise [puh-teet boo r-zhwahz; French puh-teet boor-zhwaz] WORD ORIGIN noun, plural pe·tites bour·geoises [puh-teet boo r-zhwahz; French puh-teet boor-zhwaz] /pəˈtit bʊərˈʒwɑz; French pə tit burˈʒwaz/. a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of petite bourgeoise 1850–55; French; feminine of petit bourgeois Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019