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GEORGE BURNS
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• GEORGE BURNS (noun)
The noun GEORGE BURNS has 1 sense:
1. United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
Familiarity information: GEORGE BURNS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Burns; George Burns; Nathan Birnbaum
Instance hypernyms:
comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
vaudevillian (a performer who works in vaudeville)
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