Synonyms:
Bourbon
Meaning: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
Synonyms:
bourbon
Meaning: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
Usage examples
If the whole Spanish monarchy should pass to the House of Bourbon, it was highly probable that in a few years England would cease to be great and free, and that Holland would be a mere province of France.
But a glance at the map ought to have been sufficient to undeceive those who imagined that the great antagonist of the House of Bourbon could be so weak as to lay the liberties of Europe at the feet of that house.