Burgundy
['bɜːgəndɪ] or ['bɝɡəndi]
Definition
(noun.) a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color.
(noun.) red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere).
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Definition
(n.) An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
(n.) A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.
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Definition
n. a generous French red wine so called from Burgundy the district where it is made.
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Examples
- It was built by Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, to set his conscience at rest--he had assassinated the Duke of Orleans. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Most of Burgundy slipped from him after his first wife's death, but the Netherlands he held. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We must get some of his Burgundy at any price, the mourners cry at his club. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He visited the chief provinces of France, saw something of Burgundy and Flanders, and stayed for a time on the banks of the Rhine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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