bourbon (noun)

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• bourbon — ► NOUN ▪ a kind of American whisky distilled from maize and rye. ORIGIN named after Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it was first made …   English terms dictionary

• bourbon — noun Etymology: Bourbon, seigniory in France Date: 1596 1. capitalized a member of a French family founded in 1272 to which belong the rulers of France from 1589 to 1793 and from 1814 to 1830, of Spain from 1700 to 1808, from 1814 to 1868, from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Bourbon dynasty — noun a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589 1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily • Syn: ↑Bourbon • Hypernyms: ↑dynasty • Member Meronyms: ↑Bourbon, ↑Henry IV, ↑Henry of Navarre, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Bourbon biscuit — noun Two chocolate flavoured pieces of biscuit with chocolate cream between • • • Main Entry: ↑Bourbon …   Useful english dictionary

• bourbon — noun a) A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which more than half is maize, aged in oak barrels. Made chiefly in the United States. b) A serving of bourbon …   Wiktionary

• bourbon — noun Bourbon is used before these nouns: ↑whisky …   Collocations dictionary

• bourbon cotton — noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: Bourbon (now Réunion), French island in the Indian ocean : a cotton derived from a West Indian cotton plant (Gossypium purpurascens) …   Useful english dictionary

• bourbon red — noun Usage: usually capitalized B&R Etymology: probably from Bourbon county, Kentucky : a variety of domestic turkey of medium size and reddish brown color …   Useful english dictionary

• bourbon tea — noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: Bourbon (now Réunion) : faham …   Useful english dictionary

• bourbon rose — noun see bourbon 3 * * * a hybrid rose, Rosa borboniana, having dark, carmine colored flowers, cultivated in many horticultural varieties. [1835 45] …   Useful english dictionary

• bourbon whiskey — noun see bourbon 4 …   Useful english dictionary