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bourn

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɔːn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bôrn, bōrn, bŏŏrn)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bourn1  (bôrn, bōrn),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]
  1. Scottish Termsburn2.
Also, bourne. 
bourn2  (bôrn, bōrn, bŏŏrn),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]
  1. a bound;
    limit.
  2. destination;
    goal.
  3. realm;
    domain.
  • Middle French, Old French, origin, originally a Picard form of bodne; see bound3
  • earlier borne 1515–25
bourn′less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bourn, bourne /bɔːn/ n archaic
  1. a destination; goal
  2. a boundary
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French borne; see bound3
bourn /bɔːn/ n
  1. chiefly Southern English a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk areas
    Compare burn2
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French bodne limit; see bound3
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