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BURROUGHS
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• BURROUGHS (noun)
The noun BURROUGHS has 3 senses:
1. United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
2. United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
3. United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
Familiarity information: BURROUGHS used as a noun is uncommon.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Burroughs; William Burroughs; William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Burroughs; Edgar Rice Burroughs
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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