bourg
Americannoun
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a town.
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a French market town.
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of bourg
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Late Latin burgus < Germanic; see borough
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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
There 142had been for many years a struggle between the commune of the castle, or bourg, of Limoges and Margaret the viscountess.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
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
At about 11 P. M., I reached a little bourg or village called Mont St. Vaudrey, and having first attended to my horse, was struck by a spectacle no traveller ever saw without delight.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
In England, Templeton would be termed a small market-town, so far as size was concerned; in France, a large bourg; while in America it was, in common parlance, and legal appellation, styled a village.
From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore
Scarce an isolated dwelling was to be seen, but the dense population is compressed into villages and bourgs, that dot the view, looking brown and teeming, like the nests of wasps.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
It was of the Gothic of the bourgs, less elaborated and more rudely wrought than that of the larger towns, but quaint, and, the population considered, vast.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
Descending to the valley, we followed its course towards the Rhone, with the ruins of feudal bourgs crowning the crags above us.
From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard
The Barony of Les Baux consisted of seventy-nine towns or bourgs, which formed the territory called La Baussenique.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
"He has not done much for us," is the general remark; a rather startling one, when one recollects the hundreds of towns, villages, and bourgs which his care has reached.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
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