Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A straggling village; a small French or Swiss market-town.

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Examples

  • The next day we arrived in a small brough [Footnote: _Brough_ probably means borough, used, as the French applied it to "bourgade," for a town of Indians or whites.] of the hollanders, where we masters them, without that those beere-bellies had the courage to frowne att us.

    Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673

  • Allahabad was now only twelve miles to the north-east. "/" la bourgade de Kallenger, située sur le Cani, un des sous-affluents du Gange ...

    Finding Kholby nwhyte 2008

  • Paris: 1990; Le shtetl: la bourgade juive de Pologne de la tradition à la modernité.

    Rachel Ertel. 2009

  • What she owned was a much more modest country house at Neauphle-le-Château, a historical bourgade forty-five minutes west of Paris where there was once a fortified castle.

    'In Love with Duras' Vallier, Jean 2008

  • Mézeray (Hist. de France, II, 168) says: "Il y avait ni ville ni bourgade, que ne fust obligée de bâtir un hôpital pour les (lepreux) retirer".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • It was not till the voyagers had descended sixty leagues of the great stream that they discovered any signs of the presence of man; but at length, observing on the right bank of the river a foot-track, they followed it for six miles, and arrived at a horde _ (bourgade), _ situated on

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • He put money in his pocket (heaven knows how), for by 1597 he was bargaining for the best house in his native bourgade.

    Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

  • Remember that we are dealing with human nature, in a peculiarly malodorous and densely ignorant bourgade, where, however, the "wit" of Shakespeare was not forgotten (in the family) in 1649.

    Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

  • The historic _bourgade_ of Ay is within a short walk of the station on the line of railway connecting Epernay with Reims.

    Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • Il devoit y avoir dans cette isle une bourgade Françoise, bien fortifiée, et à l'abri de toute insulte.

    The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836

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