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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
especially in Quebec, a village, town, or settlement.
Quotations
1764
The said Fief runs . . . from the Brink of the River St. Lawrence to the square Tract of the Royal Borough (or Bourg Royal). . . .
1889
Not a year, and scarce a month passed in which the ferocious hunters of men did not swoop down upon the little bourg.
1904
Talon the intendant (1665-1672) indeed established inland villages, Bourg Royal, Bourg La Reine and Bourg Talon near Quebec, but they did not prosper.