Bourbons

[ (boor-bohnn, boor-buhnz) ]

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The ruling family of France from the late sixteenth century until the French Revolution. The Bourbon kings were known for their stubbornness; the politician Talleyrand is supposed to have said of them, “They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing.” Louis xiv and Louis xvi were Bourbon kings.

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How to use Bourbons in a sentence

That year, among the many Double Golds promiscuously handed out to various bourbons, one went to Old Grand Dad.
The Cult of Pappy van Winkle|Eric Felten|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The selection will make ten million Yankees fans cry in their bourbons.
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Junot already held Portugal; it seemed as if it needed but a vigorous movement to oust the Bourbons from Madrid.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

With the Restoration the Marshal at once accepted the change of government and gave his adhesion to the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It has been said that the Duke betrayed the Bourbons and was privy to the Emperor's return, but this is a calumny.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But in May, 1819, he was recalled to France, and soon found means of ingratiating himself with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison