Associations to the word «Bourbon»

Wiktionary

BOURBON, noun. 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.
BOURBON, noun. A serving of bourbon
BOURBON, noun. A Bourbon biscuit
BOURBON, proper noun. A European dynasty which reigns in Spain and formerly ruled the Kingdom of France.
BOURBON, proper noun. Bourbon County, Kentucky, in the United States.
BOURBON, proper noun. Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States.
BOURBON, proper noun. (obsolete) The island of Réunion.
BOURBON, proper noun. A town in Indiana.
BOURBON, proper noun. A city in Missouri.
BOURBON BISCUIT, noun. (British) An oblong chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate cream filling.
BOURBON BISCUITS, noun. Plural of Bourbon biscuit
BOURBON CREAM, noun. A chocolate-flavoured biscuit consisting of two baked halves filled with chocolate icing.
BOURBON CREAMS, noun. Plural of bourbon cream
BOURBON VIRUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the genus Thogotovirus   — a tick-borne virus discovered in 2014 that has caused at least one fatality in an otherwise healthy man.
BOURBON WHISKEY, noun. Alternative form of bourbon
BOURBON WHISKEY, noun. Alternative form of bourbon whiskey

Dictionary definition

BOURBON, noun. A reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South).
BOURBON, noun. Whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels.
BOURBON, noun. A member of the European royal family that ruled France.
BOURBON, noun. A European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily.

Wise words

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