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Definition of Faubourg
1. Noun. A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city. "In Faubourg Sainte-Marie"
Definition of Faubourg
1. n. A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
Definition of Faubourg
1. Noun. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faubourg
1. a suburb [n -S] - See also: suburb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faubourg
Literary usage of Faubourg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1810)
"... Hiver du faubourg St. Germain, &c. ; ie Winter Evenings in the faubourg St.
Germain; or Essays oo tlie Spirit of the Times, and Conversations on general ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... III The part From the Karabel faubourg the Russians main- ... a strong fire
against the English siege- works, faubourg. ^ reinforcements in march for ..."
3. Peter the Great by Kazimierz Waliszewski (1898)
"BOOK I—FROM ASIA TO EUROPE CHAPTER I THE KREML,1 AND THE GERMAN faubourg I. The
... The German faubourg—Europe and Asia—A Muscovite Ghetto—The work IV. ..."
4. France Under Mazarin: With a Review of the Administration of Richelieu by James Breck Perkins (1886)
"Troops were sent to the faubourg and orders given that the wounded should be
received into the city, and if Conde's troops were hard pressed the gates ..."
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