Burroughs

/ˈbʌroʊz/
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Other forms: Burroughses

Definitions of Burroughs
  1. noun
    United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
    synonyms: Edgar Rice Burroughs
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
    synonyms: William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  3. noun
    United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
    synonyms: William Seward Burroughs
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    example of:
    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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