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Webster 1913 Edition
Bourbon
Bour′bon
,Noun.
[From the castle and seigniory of
Bourbon
in central France.] 1.
A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.
2.
A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.