name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”). alt-of, alternative

   "My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne."

2. 2
   Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”). alt-of, alternative
3. 3
   an archaic term for a goal or destination wordnet
4. 4
   an archaic term for a boundary wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

adolescent streamanchoragearroyobeckborder linebound

Example

More examples

"My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne."

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