burroughs
IPA: bˈʌroʊz
Root Word: Burroughs
noun
- An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
- A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.
- An area in Barnet borough, London, England; named for the rabbit warrens there.
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Examples of "burroughs" in Sentences
- Burroughs's calculating machine.
- Burroughs was no doubt a good shot.
- Re emergence of the Burroughs name.
- Burroughs continued to teach until 1863.
- Burroughs felt vindicated by the settlement.
- Burroughs is without question a queer author.
- The action and the plot are essentially Burroughs.
- Burroughs also attacked psychiatry in the article.
- Burroughs did not supply the voice of the typewriter.