/boor"beuhn, bawr"-, bohr"-/ or, Fr., /boohrdd bawonn"/ for 1-3; /berr"beuhn/ for 4 or occas. for 3 , n.
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 /shannrddl/ , ( "Constable de Bourbon" ), 1490-1527, French general.
3. a person who is extremely conservative or reactionary.
4. ( l.c. ) 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.