No, it means merchant class. Capitalists and industrialists, as opposed to hereditary nobility. They are the ruling class now and have been for well over a century at least, but it’s true that they were the middle class at the time the term was coined, although rapidly gaining in power.
It’s not that it’s fully “wrong” but it’s misleading, since society has changed so much since the definition was coined. The Wikipedia article is rather better than the dictionary definition since it provides all this context.
Bourgois means middle class
Edit: apparently I’m wrong. This is what I get for getting my definitions from the dictionary.
No, it means merchant class. Capitalists and industrialists, as opposed to hereditary nobility. They are the ruling class now and have been for well over a century at least, but it’s true that they were the middle class at the time the term was coined, although rapidly gaining in power.
It means the class that owns the means of production.
The “petit bourgeoisie” is probably more akin to the modern “middle class”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite_bourgeoisie
Actually, the word is derived from Old French and means “town dweller”.
Showing your ignorance, I see.
It’s not that it’s fully “wrong” but it’s misleading, since society has changed so much since the definition was coined. The Wikipedia article is rather better than the dictionary definition since it provides all this context.