bourg

American  

[boorg, boor] / bʊərg, bur /

noun

plural

bourgs

1. a town.

2. a French market town.

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bourg British  

/ bʊəɡ, bur /

noun

1. a French market town, esp one beside a castle

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Etymology

Origin of bourg

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Late Latin burgus < Germanic; see borough

Example Sentences

From the age of 33, when the Luxem bourg purchased his cityscape La Neige, Artist Henri's reputation vaulted, his tal ent ripened slowly, continuously.

From Time Magazine Archive

Estreham est le nom d'un bourg situ� � l'embouchure de l'Orne, et d'un autre dans le Bessin.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell

In memory of so much devotion, Madame wished to open a bal champetre with a veteran of the bourg of Mesnard.

From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

That village, or bourg, was paved with concave stones.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.

It is a small bourg; but the seat of a sous-prefecture.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby