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BURROUGHS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
Synonyms:
Burroughs; Edgar Rice Burroughs
Classified under:
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)
Synonyms:
Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
Synonyms:
Burroughs; William Burroughs; William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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