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Webster 1913 Edition

Boulevard

‖

Bou′le-vardˊ

,

Noun.

[F.

boulevard

,

boulevart

, fr. G.

bollwerk

. See

.]

1.

Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.

2.

A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.