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Definition of Bourne
1. Noun. An archaic term for a boundary.
2. Noun. An archaic term for a goal or destination.
Definition of Bourne
1. Noun. (countable archaic) A boundary. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A goal or destination. ¹
3. Noun. A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bourne
1. bourn [n -S] - See also: bourn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bourne
Literary usage of Bourne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The camp meetings were, however, continued, and on Й7 June 1808 bourne was, ...
bourne and his brother purchased land and built the first chapel of the new ..."
2. The Poets of the Church: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Hymn-writers by Edwin Francis Hatfield (1884)
"The measure was opposed by the Wesleyan Conference, and bourne, ... By Hugh bourne."
It contained 154 hymns, fifteen of which were from Mr. bourne's pen. ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1873)
"Communicated by ISAAC J. GREENWOOD, Esq., of New-York. BERRY, in his Kent Pedigrees,
gives a schedule of one family of the name bourne, ..."
4. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"ON May 5, 1910, Jonathan bourne [Ore.], speaking in the Senate pro forma on an
... DELEGATED GOVERNMENT SENATOR bourne Successful and permanent government ..."
5. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1865)
"NEHEMIAH bourne AND THOMAS HAWKINS f TO JOHN WINTHROP. ... So it is, that *
Nehemiah bourne is mentioned in the list of the settlers in Dorchester who came ..."
6. Great Debates in American Hist: From the Debates in the British Parliament by United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament, Marion Mills Miller (1913)
"ON May 5, 1910, Jonathan bourne [Ore.], speaking in the Senate pro forma on an
... DELEGATED GOVERNMENT SENATOR bourne Successful and permanent government ..."
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