BOURBONISM

Etymology

Noun

Bourbonism (countable and uncountable, plural Bourbonisms)

(historical) The principles of the supporters of the House of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Source: Wiktionary


Bour"bon*ism, n.

Definition: The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEAVE

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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