bourbon
pronunciation
How to pronounce bourbon in British English:
UK [ˈbɜ:bən]
How to pronounce bourbon in American English:
US [ˈbɜrbən]
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- Noun:
- whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
Word Origin
- bourbon (n.)
- type of American corn whiskey, 1846, from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it first was made, supposedly in 1789. Bourbon County was organized 1785, one of the nine established by the Virginia legislature before Kentucky became a state. The name reflects the fondness felt in the United States for the French royal family, and especially Louis XVI, in gratitude for the indispensable support he had given to the rebel colonists. See Bourbon.
- Bourbon
- line of French kings (who also ruled in Naples and Spain), of whom it was proverbially said, "they learn nothing and forget nothing." The royal family ruled in France 1589-1792 and 1815-1848; its name is from Bourbon l'Archambault, chief town of a lordship in central France, probably from Borvo, name of a local Celtic deity associated with thermal springs, whose name probably is related to Celtic borvo "foam, froth."
Example
- 1. After doing some research , he settled on a 23-pound bourbon red raised nearby that cost nearly $ 200 .
- 2. Miles and me came home and played music , including gigs at sharkey bonano 's dream room on bourbon street .
- 3. He fought his conservative corner in fluent , fervent , gossipy conversations , smoothed with bourbon and cigars and interrupted by immersion in bach .
- 4. Over time , mr. reese collected more breeds , such as the bourbon red , whose lineage he can trace back to 1928 .
- 5. One was known as the " bourbon cowboy " . He was twice arrested for drunk driving , and his breath smelled of alcohol in court .