BOURN

bourn, bourne

(noun) an archaic term for a goal or destination

bourn, bourne

(noun) an archaic term for a boundary

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

A small stream or brook.

Etymology 2

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

Destination.

Limit.

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bruno, buron

Proper noun

Bourn (countable and uncountable, plural Bourns)

A surname.

A village in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bourn is the 15296^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1919 individuals. Bourn is most common among White (82.96%) and Black/African American (11.1%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bruno, buron

Source: Wiktionary

Bourn, Bourne, n. Etym: [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Burn, v.]

Definition: A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser.

Bourn, Bourne, n. Etym: [F. borne. See Bound a limit.]

Definition: A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. Cowper. The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. Shak. Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth. To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. Tyndall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition