bourbon

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.
2. (countable, uncountable) A serving of bourbon whiskey.
3. (countable, uncountable) A Bourbon biscuit.

Synonyms

whiskey

reactionary

Bourbon

Translations

bourbon

Bourbon

Bourbon Whiskey

bourbon

whyski américain

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البوربون

borbón

bourbon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɜː(ɹ)bən/

Etymology

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.