bur zhwa adjective 1. of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. Bourgeois women began to emulate the manners of the upper class. Bourgeois attitudes toward extra-marital affairs tended to be…
elite
ih lit noun 1. (usu. used with a pl. verb) the best, taken collectively. The prizewinners were the elite among the competitors. 2. (used with a pl. verb) those having the greatest…
bumpkin
buhmp kihn noun an ignorant, clumsy, uncultured person from a rural area; yokel. After she started college in the city, she began to regard her friends back home as country bumpkins.
proletariat
pra lə teI ri ət noun the working class, esp. those who lack capital and must sell their usu. unskilled labor in order to survive. The revolutionaries declared that factories and other…
plebeian
plə bi ən adjective 1. in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. Although patricians had higher social standing, plebeian citizens owned land and often had…