ALL meanings of bourbon
Bour·bon
B b - variable noun bourbon Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America. 3
- variable noun bourbon A bourbon is a small glass of bourbon. 3
- noun bourbon a whiskey distilled, chiefly in the US, from maize, esp one containing at least 51 per cent maize (the rest being malt and rye) and aged in charred white-oak barrels 3
- noun bourbon a member of the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 (when Louis XVI was executed by the revolutionaries) and was restored in 1815, continuing to rule in its Orleans branch from 1830 until 1848. Bourbon dynasties also ruled in Spain (1700–1808; 1813–1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734–1806; 1815–1860) 3
- noun bourbon (as modifier) 3
- noun bourbon name of the ruling family of France (1589-1793; 1814-48, from 1830 to 1848 as the Orléans1 branch); of Spain (1700-1808; 1813-1931; 1975- ); of Naples and Sicily (1734-1806; 1815-60), united as the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815; and of various duchies & principalities in Italy at various times within the periods 1748-1807 & 1815-60, including Parma, Piacenza, Lucca, & Etruria 3
- noun bourbon a political and social reactionary 3
- noun bourbon a whiskey distilled from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn grain and stored in charred new oak containers for not less than two years 3
- adjective bourbon designating, of, or made with such whiskey 3
- noun bourbon a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60. 1
- noun bourbon Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), ("Constable de Bourbon") 1490–1527, French general. 1
- noun bourbon a person who is extremely conservative or reactionary. 1
- noun bourbon (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. 1
- noun bourbon American corn whiskey 1
- noun bourbon 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. 0
- noun bourbon A serving of bourbon. 0
- noun bourbon A Bourbon biscuit. 0