borghese

middle-class

adjective bor-GEH-zeh Rare

Origin: From Old French burgeis (town-dweller), related to 'borough' and 'burger'.

Also means

bourgeois

Usage Note

Borghese (invariable in gender; plural borghesi) can be neutral ('middle-class') or, in Marxist or critical discourse, pejorative ('bourgeois'). As a noun, il borghese means a middle-class person. In military slang, in borghese means 'in civilian clothes' (plain-clothes).

Examples

"Viene da una famiglia borghese del nord."

Natural Translation

He comes from a middle-class northern family.

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