Meanings
verbBourbonize (third-person singular simple present Bourbonizes, present participle Bourbonizing, simple past and past participle Bourbonized)
present singular third person Bourbonizes · participle present Bourbonizing · participle past Bourbonized · past Bourbonized
- transitiveTo bring under the power or influence of the Bourbon dynasty of Europe.
Secondly, it was the object of the French Government, as far as possible, to "Bourbonize" the French army, and this was to be done most effectually by leading it to victory under the command of a Duke of the family […]
1824, Thomas Steele, Notes of the War in Spain, page 197
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