noun. A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage.

noun. A suburb, especially a part of a French city immediately beyond its walls; also, in many cases, a quarter formerly so situated, but now within the limits of a city: as, the Faubourg St. Germain, Faubourg St. Antoine, etc., of Paris.

noun. A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

noun. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.

noun. a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city

"The members of the society called the faubourg Saint-Germain protected the princess by a respectful silence due to her name, which is one of those that all men honor, to her misfortunes, which they ceased to discuss, and to her beauty, the only thing she saved of her departed opulence."

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