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Bourbon
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- 1 A European dynasty which reigns in Spain and formerly ruled the Kingdom of France.
- 2 A surname from French.
- 3 A Bourbon Democrat. Southern-US, historical
"It was "a fundamental impossibility" for a black person to be a Bourbon, white-supremacist Democrat, but a black individual could very well become a "progressive Democrat.""
- 4 A Bourbon Democrat.; A white conservative, particularly in the context of opposition to equal rights for black people. Southern-US, historical
"For the Bourbon White elite and their allies, the intimidation of the Black laborers and farmers was necessary to prevent their political involvement and to maintain their subjugated location in the economy."
- 5 A county in Kentucky, see Bourbon County.
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- 6 A street in New Orleans, Louisiana; in full, Bourbon Street.
- 7 The island of Réunion. obsolete
- 8 A town in Indiana.
- 9 A city in Missouri.
- 1 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. countable, uncountable
- 2 whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels wordnet
- 3 A serving of bourbon whiskey. countable, uncountable
"It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure."
- 4 a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily wordnet
- 5 A Bourbon biscuit. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a member of the European royal family that ruled France wordnet
- 7 a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South) wordnet
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.
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.
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