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Seigneur vs Bourgeoisie - What's the difference?

seigneur | bourgeoisie |

As a proper noun seigneur

is lord (god).

As a noun bourgeoisie is

, middle class.

seigneur

English

Alternative forms

* seignior

Noun

(en noun)
  • A feudal lord; a noble.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 156:
    • There was less and less love lost between peasants and seigneurs . The services which the latter had provided for the peasant community in the past had diminished in value.
  • The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
    • Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur .
  • A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.
    • ----

    bourgeoisie

    English

    (wikipedia bourgeoisie)

    Noun

    (-)
  • a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate
  • (Marxism) The capitalist class.

    • Derived terms

    * haute bourgeoisie * national bourgeoisie, comprador bourgeoisie * petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie * bourgie