Two of these women were dressed like good bourgeoises of Paris. Their fine white ruffs; their petticoats of linsey-
woolsey, striped red and blue; their white knitted
stockings, with clocks embroidered in colors... announced
that they belonged to that class wives which holds the
middle ground between what the lackeys call a woman
and what they term a lady.
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Victor Hugo
Use context to determine which choice best defines the
underlined word?
O female royalty
O male peasant farmers
O female middle-class people
male taxpayers or laborers