Bourne

Quick meaning: Bourne is a noun meaning (countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.

Meaning

(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.

More Meanings

1. A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
2. (archaic) A goal or destination.

Example Sentences

[T]he dread of ſomething after death, / The vndiſcouer'd country, from whoſe borne / No trauiler returnes, puzzels the will, […]

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place, The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.

[T]hough I did not stop in my advance, yet I went on slowly, like a man who should have passed a bourne unnoticed, and strayed into the country of the dead.

I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes; but my eyes were fixed and unobserving. I could only think of the bourne of my travels, and the work which was to occupy me whilst they endured.

Word Forms

• bournes

Synonyms for bourne

Depending on context, synonyms include bourn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bourn, brook, easy, confine, boundary, bound.

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