What does the term "bourgeoisie" mean as used by Marx?

In Marx's view of the world, history has been a series of
struggles of class against class.  One class dominates, another is dominated.  In our
current state of development, Marx argued that there are two major classes, the
bourgeoisie and the proletariat.  The bourgeoisie is the dominant class in our current
capitalistic system.

What distinguishes the bourgeoisie
from the proletariat is that the bourgeoisie owns the means of production.  Meanwhile,
the proletariat uses the means of production to create goods.  The bourgeoisie do not
contribute labor, but take most of the wealth that is created by the labor of the
proletariat.

So, Marx says that the bourgeoisie is the
dominant class in our current system.  They are the class that owns the means of
production and that hires people from the proletariat to work for
them.