Definitions for bourbons

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bourbons Bour·bon

Spelling: [boo r-buh n, bawr-, Bourbons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in bourbons (bbnoorsu).

Definitions for bourbons

noun

1. a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
2. Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), ("Constable de Bourbon") 1490–1527, French general.
3. a person who is extremely conservative or reactionary.
4. (lowercase). Also called bourbon whiskey. a straight whiskey distilled from a mash having 51 percent or more corn: originally the corn whiskey produced in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Examples for bourbons

It was always his ambition to be the banker of all the bourbons in the world.

The restoration of the bourbons, the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, make and unmake romantics.

Of course, Louise is closely related to all the Orleans and bourbons.

Mirabeau's last effort was to give this colour to the bourbons, and he failed.

"Till the bourbons return," said another Carlist, playing with his moustache.

The bourbons look to the Church as the last hope of the Restoration.

The selection will make ten million Yankees fans cry in their bourbons.

Would the Bourbeux have made as good a figure on the throne as the bourbons?

Are they partisans of the bourbons, or are they mere highwaymen?

The ears of all the bourbons in the world must have been burning.