bourbon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) 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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(countable, uncountable) A serving of bourbon whiskey.
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.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17:
- (countable, uncountable) A Bourbon biscuit.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bourbons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
corn malt whisky · corn malt whiskey · malted corn whiskey · Tennessee whiskey · Tennessee whisky
Deriveds
Old Bourbon · bourbon chicken · bourbonic · Bourbon
Descendants
Hypernyms
American whisky · corn whisky · whiskey · American whiskey · corn whiskey · whisky
Synonyms
bourbon cream · Bourbon whiskey · bourbon whiskey · bourbon and branch
Translations (15)
mr बर्बन (type of whiskey) · hy բուրբոն (type of whiskey) · es bourbon (type of whiskey) · yi בורבאָן (type of whiskey) · nl Bourbon (type of whiskey) · bg бърбън (type of whiskey) · fi bourbon (serving of bourbon whiskey) · ko 버번 (type of whiskey) · de Bourbon (type of whiskey) · fi bourbonviski (type of whiskey) · cmn 波本威士忌 (type of whiskey) · ru бурбо́н (type of whiskey) · mr बॉरबॉन (Bourbon biscuit) · fr bourbon (type of whiskey) · ja バーボン (type of whiskey)