Bourbon (redirected from Bourbons)

Bour·bon  (brbn, br-bô), Duc Charles de 1490-1527.

French general who served Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, led a failed invasion of France (1524), and was killed while leading a German-Spanish assault on Rome.

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Bour·bon ¹  (brbn, br-bô)

French royal family descended from Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1270?-1342), whose members have ruled in France (1589-1793 and 1814-1830), Spain (1700-1868, 1874-1931, and since 1975), and Naples and Sicily (1734-1860).

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Bour·bon ²  (bûrbn)

n.

A sociopolitical reactionary, especially a southern Democrat with highly conservative views.

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[After the Bourbon family.]

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bour·bon  (bûrbn)

n.

A whiskey distilled from a fermented mash containing not less than 51 percent corn in addition to malt and rye.

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[After Bourbon County in northeast Kentucky.]

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bourbon [ˈbɜːb^ən]

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a whiskey distilled, chiefly in the US, from maize, esp one containing at least 51 per cent maize (the rest being malt and rye) and aged in charred white-oak barrels

[named after Bourbon county, Kentucky, where it was first made]

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Bourbon [ˈbʊəb^ən (French) burbɔ̃]

n

(Biographies)

a.  a member of the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 (when Louis XVI was executed by the revolutionaries) and was restored in 1815, continuing to rule in its Orleans branch from 1830 until 1848. Bourbon dynasties also ruled in Spain (1700-1808; 1813-1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734-1806; 1815-1860)

b.  (as modifier) the Bourbon kings

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Bourbon - a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South) extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative - an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
	2.	bourbon - whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain julep, mint julep - bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
	3.	Bourbon - a member of the European royal family that ruled France Bourbon dynasty, Bourbon - a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
	4.	Bourbon - a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily Bourbon dynasty dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family Bourbon - a member of the European royal family that ruled France Henry IV, Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great - king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;

Translations

Bourbon [ˈbʊəbən] (Hist)

A. N → Borbón m

B. ADJ → borbónico

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bourbon [ˈbʊəbən]

A. N → Borbón m (US) (also bourbon whiskey) → whisky m americano, bourbon m

B. ADJ → borbónico

bourbon [ˈbɜː^rbən] n (US) (also bourbon whiskey) → bourbon m

Bourbon

n (Hist) → Bourbone m, → Bourbonin f

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bourbon

n (also bourbon whiskey) → Bourbon m

Bourbon [ˈbʊəbən] adj & n → borbonico/a

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bourbon [ˈbʊəbən] n (Am) (also bourbon whiskey) → bourbon m inv

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Bourbon [ˈbʊəbən] adj & n → borbonico/a

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bourbon [ˈbʊəbən] n (Am) (also bourbon whiskey) → bourbon m inv