bourbon
(noun) whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty
(noun) a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
Bourbon
(noun) a member of the European royal family that ruled France
Bourbon
(noun) a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bourbon (countable and uncountable, plural bourbons)
A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.
A serving of bourbon whiskey.
A Bourbon biscuit.
• bourbon whiskey
• Bourbon whiskey
Bourbon
A European dynasty which reigns in Spain and formerly ruled the Kingdom of France.
(historical, southern US) A Bourbon Democrat.
(historical, southern US, especially, Mississippi) A white conservative, particularly in the context of opposition to equal rights for black people.
Bourbon County, A county of Kentucky.
Bourbon Street, A street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
(obsolete) The island of RĂ©union.
A town in Indiana.
A city in Missouri.
Source: Wiktionary
Bour"bon, n. Etym: [From the castle and seigniory of Bourbon in central France.]
1. A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.
2. A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
