Faubourg Definition

fōbo͝or, -bo͝org
noun
In France,
Webster's New World
A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage.
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Other Word Forms of Faubourg

Noun

Singular:
faubourg
Plural:
faubourgs

Origin of Faubourg

  • Middle English faubourgh from Old French faubourg alteration (influenced by faux false) of forsborc fors outside (from Latin forīs dhwer- in Indo-European roots) borc town (from Late Latin burgus fort) (of Germanic origin bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French faubourg.

    From Wiktionary

Faubourg Sentence Examples

  • The withdrawal of Mersenne in 1614 to a post in the provinces was the signal for Descartes to abandon social life and shut himself up for nearly two years in a secluded house of the faubourg St Germain.

  • He emerged again in the following year, and took part in the events of the 10th of June and the 10th of August 1792, when he led the people of the faubourg St Antoine to the assault of the Tuileries.

  • The Jacobin club of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine refused to admit Babeuf and Lebois, on the ground that they were "egorgeurs."

  • The title of marquis, which Napoleon did not revive, has risen proportionately in the estimation of the Faubourg St Germain.

  • In 1665 a manufactory was established in the Faubourg St Antoine in Paris, and another at Tour-la-Ville near Cherbourg.

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