English Explanatory Dictionary

bourbon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
  2. A serving of bourbon whiskey.
  3. A Bourbon biscuit.
name
  1. A European dynasty which reigns in Spain and formerly ruled the Kingdom of France.
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A Bourbon Democrat.
  4. A white conservative, particularly in the context of opposition to equal rights for black people.
  5. A county in Kentucky, see Bourbon County.
  6. A street in New Orleans, Louisiana; in full, Bourbon Street.
  7. The island of Réunion.
  8. A town in Indiana.
  9. A city in Missouri.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bourbon.wav /ˈbʊə(ɹ).bən/ /ˈbɔː(ɹ).bən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bourbon2.wav

Word forms

bourbon bourbons

Etymology

From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.

Synonyms

bourbon and branch bourbon cream Bourbon whiskey

Derived words

Bourbon bourbon chicken bourbonic Old Bourbon Bourbon County Bourbonesque Bourbonian Bourbonish Bourbonize Bourbon rose bourbon whiskey

Translations

Armenian: բուրբոն Bulgarian: бърбън Chinese Mandarin: 波本威士忌 Dutch: Bourbon Finnish: bourbonviski French: bourbon German: Bourbon Japanese: バーボン Korean: 버번 Marathi: बर्बन Russian: бурбо́н Spanish: bourbon Yiddish: בורבאָן
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