drone, drone pipe, bourdon
(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bourdon (plural bourdons)
(music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody.
The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
A pilgrim's staff.
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Bourdon (plural Bourdons)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bourdon is the 14631st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2034 individuals. Bourdon is most common among White (81.37%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.77%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bour"don, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also, crutch, prop.]
Definition: A pilgrim's staff.
Bour"don`, n. Etym: [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
