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bourbon

bour.bon \'bu.(*)r-b*n, 'bo-(*)r-, 'bo.(*)r-; usu 'b*r- in sense 4\ 
   \-b*-.niz-*m\ n [Bourbon, seigniory in France] [Bourbon (now Re`union), 
   French island in the Indian ocean] [Bourbon county, Kentucky] often attrib  
   cap  1: a member of a French family founded in 1272 to which belong the 
   rulers o f France from 1589 to 1793 and from 1814 to 1830, of Spain from 
   1700 to 1808, from 1814 to 1868, and from 1875 to 1931, of Naples from 1735 
   to 1805, and of the Two Sicilies from 1815 to 1860 often cap  2: a person 
   who clings obstinately to the social and political ideas of the  old order 
   of things; specif : an extremely conservative member of the U.S. Democratic 
   party usu. from the South 3: a rose (Rosa borboniana) of compact upright 
   growth with shining le aves, prickly branches, and clustered flowers 4: a 
   whiskey distilled from corn mash; specif : a whiskey distilled  from a mash 
   of corn, malt, and rye and aged in new charred oak containers often cap  - 
   bour.bon.ism n