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Bourgeois
Bourgeois Bour*geois", n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess.] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type.
Bourgeois
Bourgeois Bour*geois", n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie Bour*geoi*sie", n. [F.] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.
Bourgeon
Bourgeon Bour"geon, v. i. [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.] To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. --Sir W. Scott.
Faubourg
Faubourg Fau`bourg", n. [F.] A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
fribourg
Friborg Fri"borg, Friborgh Fri"borgh, n. [AS. fri?borh, lit., peace PLAGE; fri? peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the last part, with borough.] (Old Eng. Law) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge. [Written also friburgh and fribourg.] --Burril.

Meaning of Bourg from wikipedia

- Bourg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bourg or Le Bourg may refer to: Bourg, Aisne, a former commune in France, now part of Bourg-et-Comin Bourg,...
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01, also known as FBBP 01 and FC Bourg-Péronnas, is a French ****ociation football team founded in 1942. They are based...
- Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the...
- Bourg-Saint-Maurice (French pronunciation: [buʁ sɛ̃ mɔʁis, - moʁ-] ; Arpitan: Bôrg-Sant-Mori or simply Le Bôrg), po****rly known as Bourg, is a commune...
- Bourg-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: [buʁk‿ɑ̃ bʁɛs] ; Arpitan: Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern...
- Bourg (French pronunciation: [buʁ] ; Occitan: Borg), also informally known as Bourg-sur-Gironde, is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
- de Bourg (French pronunciation: [kot də buʁ]) is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for Bordeaux wine situated around the small town of Bourg-sur-Gironde...
- Bourg is a census-designated places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical...
- Grand-Bourg, also known as Grand-Bourg de Marie-Galante (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ buʁ də maʁi ɡalɑ̃t], Antillean Creole: Gwanbou Mawigalant or Granbou...
- French Revolution, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") was renamed Bourg-l'Égalité (meaning "Equality borough"). The name Bourg-la-Reine was restored...