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Definition of bourdon:

(n) : the burden or bass of a melody; the drone pipe of a bagpipe
"1985: The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas. -- Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked"
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Definition of bourdon:

(n) : the burden or bass of a melody; the drone pipe of a bagpipe
"1985: The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas. -- Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked"
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