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A European dynasty which reigns in Spain and formerly ruled the Kingdom of France.
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A surname from French.
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A Bourbon Democrat.
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Usage: Southern-US, historical
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A Bourbon Democrat.
A white conservative, particularly in the context of opposition to equal rights for black people.
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Usage: Southern-US, historical
Qualifier: especially Mississippi
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A county in Kentucky, see Bourbon County.
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A street in New Orleans, Louisiana; in full, Bourbon Street.
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The island of Réunion.
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Usage: obsolete
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A town in Indiana.
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A city in Missouri.
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A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
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A serving of bourbon whiskey.
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A Bourbon biscuit.
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whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
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Broader terms: whiskey, whisky
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a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
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Synonyms: Bourbon dynasty
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a member of the European royal family that ruled France
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a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
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Broader terms: reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger
History
The French Bourbon dynasty is named for the lordship of Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Gaulish Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1- (“to be hot, boil”). Compare brew and fervent. The subsidiary senses derive from the dynasty's name.
From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.
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