Bourbon

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 [bur-bn]

Noun

a whiskey distilled, chiefly in the US, from maize [after Bourbon county, Kentucky, where it was first made]

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 [ˈbuəbən] n (US) (also: bourbon whiskey) → whisky m americano; bourbon m

bourbon [ˈbuəbən] n (US) (also: bourbon whiskey) → bourbon m

bourbon [ˈbuəbən] (US) n (also: bourbon whiskey) → Bourbon m

bourbon [ˈbuəbən] n (US) (also: bourbon whiskey) → bourbon m inv