faubourg

American  

[foh-boor, -boorg, foh-boor] / ˈfoʊ bʊər, -bʊərg, foʊˈbur /

noun

plural

faubourgs

1. a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.

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faubourg British  

/ fobur, ˈfəʊbʊəɡ /

noun

1. a suburb or quarter, esp of a French city

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Etymology

Origin of faubourg

1425–75; late Middle English faubourgh < Middle French fau ( x ) bourg, alteration, by association with faux false, of Old French forsborc, equivalent to fors- outside of (< Latin forīs outside; cf. foreign) + borc city ≪ Germanic ( see borough)

Example Sentences

Mrs. Wharton was perhaps too formal even for the faubourg.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 1929

Germans in force held houses, parks and wooded sections in the faubourg.

From Time Magazine Archive

The National Guard wanted to answer by storming the arsenal, and already the faubourg flocked to the Capitol.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

From this gentleman we ascertained that there were in the city two primary schools, one within the convent walls, and the other a mile distant, in the northern faubourg.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

One column occupied the St. Cyprien Bridge, in order to separate the town from the faubourg, another proceeded to the prefecture, and the third, with Nansouty, Kératry, and the magistrates, marched on the Capitol.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.