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WILLIAM BURROUGHS
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• WILLIAM BURROUGHS (noun)
The noun WILLIAM BURROUGHS has 1 sense:
1. United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM BURROUGHS used as a noun is very rare.
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))
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