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also bourne B0404200 (bôrn, bo͝orn)n. A small stream; a brook.

[Middle English, from Old English burna; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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also bourne B0404200 (bôrn, bo͝orn)n. Archaic 1. A destination; a goal.2. A boundary; a limit.

[French bourne, from French dialectal bosne, borne, from Old French bodne, limit, boundary marker, from Medieval Latin bodina, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

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Noun	1.	bourne - an archaic term for a boundary bournboundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
	2.	bourne - an archaic term for a goal or destinationbourngoal, end - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"

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Bourne,

town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. The nearby Massachusetts Military Reservation and Otis Air Force Base have been important to the economy.

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[bu̇rn] (hydrology) A small intermittent stream in a dry valley.

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