Faubourg
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Faubourg \Fau`bourg"\ (f[=o]`b[=oo]r"; E. f[=o]"b[=oo]rg), n.
[F.]
A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a
city, but formerly without its walls.
[1913 Webster]
Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
faubourg
n 1: 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"
Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FAUBOURG. A district or part of a town adjoining the principal city; as, a
faubourg of New Orleans. 18 Lo. R. 286.
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