bourn

See also: Bourn

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

1. Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”)
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 10:

     My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne.

Etymology 2

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

1. Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”)

Derived terms

• bournless

 

Anagrams

• Bornu, Broun, Bruno, buron