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r-buhn, bawr-, bohr- or, Fr., boor-bawn for 1–3; bur-buhn for 4 or, occasionally for 3] 
| 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] , (“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. |