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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'faubourg' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions faubourg noun  An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris. 1973: By the time that I was quite clear of the city's unlovely faubourgs and purlieus I needed petrol: the Silver Ghost is a lovely car but its best friend would have to admit that its m.'s per g. are few. " Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me. (Penguin 2001, p. 81) Etymology: From French French, faubourg, alteration of Old French fors bourg "settlement outside the ramparts".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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