burroughs Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
    William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs; William Burroughs.
  2. noun United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
    William Seward Burroughs.
  3. noun United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
    Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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