Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bourbon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bourbon \Bour"bon\, n. [From the castle and seigniory of Bourbon
in central France.]
1. A member of a family which has occupied several European
thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of
France.
2. A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician
who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate
conservative.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Bourbon
n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from
the South) [syn: {Bourbon}]
2: distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in
charred oak barrels
3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France
[syn: {Bourbon}]
4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793)
and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: {Bourbon}]
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