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/ˈfəʊbʊəɡ/ · noun
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.
[…]in the course of his walk (which led him out toward the faubourgs of Flatbush) he passed long vistas of signboards[…]
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.
Use faubourg when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Faubourg means 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 opposite depends on the specific sense.
At last a great shout went up ... and that was sign sufficient that the faubourgs were ours.
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