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bourbon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bourbon has 4 senses
- bourbon(n = noun.person) Array - a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South); Array is a kind of extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative
- bourbon(n = noun.food) Array - whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels; Array is a kind of whiskey, whisky
- bourbon(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the European royal family that ruled France; Array is a member of bourbon, bourbon dynasty
- bourbon(n = noun.group) bourbon dynasty - a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily; Array is a kind of dynasty
is a kind of ruler, swayer
CIDE DICTIONARY
bourbon, n. [From the castle and seigniory of Bourbon in central France.].
- A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France. [1913 Webster]
- A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bourbon, n.
1 a chocolate-flavoured biscuit with chocolate-cream filling.
2 US a reactionary.
1 a chocolate-flavoured biscuit with chocolate-cream filling.
2 US a reactionary.
Etymology
the Bourbon family, whose descendants founded dynasties in France and Spain
bourbon, n. US whisky distilled from maize and rye.
Etymology
Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it was first made
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