parloir aux bourgeois

French

Noun

parloir aux bourgeois m (plural parloirs aux bourgeois)

  1. (archaic) guild-hall, town hall
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
      Avant d’être l’hôpital, cette maison avait été le parloir aux bourgeois.
      Before being a hospital, this building had been the town hall.
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