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faubourgs

faubourgs is the plural of faubourg.

Meaning of faubourg

Noun

faubourg (plural faubourgs)

  1. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.
    • At last a great shout went up ... and that was sign sufficient that the faubourgs were ours.1896, Mark Twain, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Oxford University Press, published 1996, page 233

Questions about faubourgs

What is faubourgs the plural of?
Faubourgs is the plural of faubourg.

Words near faubourgs in the dictionary

  1. Faubert
  2. Fauberts
  3. Faubion
  4. Faubions
  5. faubourg
  6. faubourgs
  7. faucal
  8. faucalization
  9. faucalize
  10. faucalized
  11. faucally

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