Bourn

/bɔːn/ name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·High school 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

Example

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

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