bourbon

Meaning

Noun

• A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.
• A serving of bourbon whiskey.
• A Bourbon biscuit.

Related

Similar words

• bourbon whiskey
• Bourbon whiskey

Origin

• From "bourbon whiskey", originally "Bourbon whiskey", of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo ("froth, foam"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ("to be hot, boil"). See also Borvo.