petit bourgeois
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
petit bourgeois/petiˈbʊəʒwɑː/
▶adjective of or characteristic of the lower middle class, especially in being conventional and conservative. ▶noun (pl. petits bourgeois pronunc. same) a petit bourgeois person.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘little citizen’.
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