Faubourg, n.

(fō'bōorg), n. [Fr., for faux-bourg, i. e., a false, not genuine, town, from faux, false, and bourg, a market town; Late Lat. burgus, O. Fr. also forbourg, forsbourg, an outer town, from Lat. foris, abroad, without, and bourg. See FALSE and BOROUGH.] A suburb in French cities; a district now within the city, but which was formerly without it, when the walls were less extensive.