BOURDON

drone, drone pipe, bourdon

(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• obround

Proper noun

Bourdon (plural Bourdons)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bourdon is the 14631^st 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.

Anagrams

• obround

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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