bourg
Americannoun
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a town.
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a French market town.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bourg
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Late Latin burgus < Germanic; see borough
Example Sentences
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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
The Duke of Bouillon took them to his own fortress-town of Turenne, where they remained, while the little bourg of Brive la Gaillarde was taken from the royal troops by the Dukes.
From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
That bourg rose almost at the same time as La Palud.
From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
Fontevrault is an enigma; it is, furthermore, what the French themselves call a "triste et maussade bourg."
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
To-day the old bourg is practically non-existent, and there is a smugness of prosperity which considerably discounts the former charm that it once must have had.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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