bourg

[ boorg; French boor ]

/ bʊərg; French bur /

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noun, plural bourgs

[boorgz; French boor]. /bʊərgz; French bur/.

a town.

a French market town.

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Origin of bourg

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

Words nearby bourg

bourbon rose, Bourbons, bourdon, Bourdon gauge, Bourdon-tube gauge, bourg, bourgeois, bourgeoise, bourgeoisie, bourgeoisify, bourgeon

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How to use bourg in a sentence

My father used to sell old nails at the corner of a boundary stone in the Bourg-Saint-Andeol.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
The woman ran out into the Bourg, calling loudly that the Count was slain.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
At break of day next morning a cold, heavy mist hung low over Bruges, and in the Bourg everything was shrouded in darkness.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
The Bourg is empty and dark, steeped in black shadows at the door of the chapel where the relic has been laid to rest.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

The villagers bound and dragged him to the nearest guardhouse at Bourg-la-Reine.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin

British Dictionary definitions for bourg

bourg

/ (bʊəɡ, French bur) /

noun

a French market town, esp one beside a castle

Word Origin for bourg

C15: French, from Old French borc, from Late Latin burgus castle, of Germanic origin; see borough

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