The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage, such as New Orleans. See Regional Note at beignet.
n. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. 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.
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n. a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
Word Usage
"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."