Boone

[ boon ]

/ bun /

noun

Daniel,1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.

Pat,born 1934, U.S. singer.

a city in central Iowa.

a town in NW North Carolina.

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Examples from the Web for boone

Because Boone is a Democratic enclave thanks in part to the college students.
In North Carolina, GOP Overreach May Be More Unpopular Than Obama|Dean Obeidallah|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet whenever the writers do try to enrich Keen, Boone resists them at every turn.
‘The Blacklist’ Is Dead Without the Psychotic Red|Jason Lynch|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two four-foot-wide paintings from the "Sigils" series by Will Boone, now on view at Karma gallery in New York.
Abstraction, Spelled Out|Blake Gopnik|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Greenbergians used to ask for at-a-glance legibility, and you could say that Boone delivers on that promise, and defeats it.
Abstraction, Spelled Out|Blake Gopnik|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

C. Bruce Cornett, who was the Romney-supporting county chair in Boone County, said he bore no ill will toward the Paul supporters.
Romney and Paul Team Up, Try to Snatch Santorum’s Missouri Delegates|Ben Jacobs|March 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Boone, Daniel, a famous American backwoodsman; d. 1822, aged 84.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
If he had been among the lost, Boone might never have known.
The Tempering|Charles Neville Buck
The object of that speech is to convince you that Dorsey said to Boone.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Boone was as yet too young to go under the yoke of unbroken pessimism.
The Tempering|Charles Neville Buck
Boone was not struck, and he dashed like a deer into the forest.
The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer|Edward Sylvester Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for boone

Boone

/ (buːn) /

noun

Daniel . 1734–1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky

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