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faubourg
/ˈfəʊbʊəɡ/
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What does faubourg mean?
noun
- An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.
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The king had demanded an ascent for the 19th, a week after the disaster at the Faubourg St. Antoine.
The government one day received a warning that arms and two hundred thousand cartridges had just been distributed in the faubourg.
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Candide, who was naturally curious, let himself be taken to this lady's house, at the end of the Faubourg St. Honore.
This faubourg is indeed chiefly inhabited by desperate characters, as, besides the Gitános, the principal part of the robber population of Seville is here congregated.
A house in the Faubourg Saint-Germain was secured at the rental of about L70 for a fortnight, for the purpose of gambling during the time of the fair.