/foh"boor, -boorg/ ; Fr. /foh boohrdd"/ , n. , pl. faubourgs /-boorz, -boorgz/ ; Fr. /-boohrdd"/ .
a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
[ 1425-75; late ME faubourgh fau ( x ) bourg, alter., by assoc. with faux FALSE, of OF forsborc, equiv. to fors- outside of ( foris outside; cf. FOREIGN) + borc city ]