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Bourg's
bourg
/
bʊərg;
French
bur
/
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[
b
oo
rg;
French
boo
r
]
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noun,
plural
bourgs
/
bʊərgz
;
French
bur
/
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[
b
oo
rgz
;
French
boo
r
]
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.
1.
a town.
2.
a French market town.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
<
Anglo-French
≪
Late Latin
burgus
<
Germanic;
see
borough
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bourg
(bʊəɡ,
French
bur)
—
n
a French market town, esp one beside a castle
[C15: French, from Old French
borc
, from Late Latin
burgus
castle, of Germanic origin; see
borough
]
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