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

On approaching the long, desolate-looking bourg of Peyrehorade,—which, however, on market-days, is bustling and crowded enough—a ruin, on a height not unlike that of Orthez, looks proudly over the plain, where two Gaves unite.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

Louis-le-B�gue gave Amboise to the Counts of Anjou, and Hughes united the two independent seigneuries of the ch�teau and the bourg.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

In one "bourg" called S. Thomas, they baptized a boy five years old belonging to the Neutral Nation, who died immediately afterwards.

From The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot by Coyne, James H.

All the inhabitants of the bourg of Mesnard had taken part in the great Vendean war, and, their cure at their head, marched as far as Granville.

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