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11/18/2023, 9:42 PM Paradiso36
11/18/2023, 9:42 PM Paradiso36

Name Bourgeois
Type Surname (from location)
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. Boo-Shwa
Other Forms FormsLebourgeois, Burgess (Americanized), Bourgois, Bourgeoys, Bourgeot, Le Bourgeois, de Bourgeois, Bourjois, Bourgès, Bourgeix
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

from bourgeois "burgher" (from Old French burgeis from burc "fortified town") a status name for an inhabitant and (usually) freeman of a fortified town (see Bourg). French cognitive of Burgess.
Added 11/18/2023 by Paradiso36