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Burt

American  
[burt] / bɜrt /

noun

  1. William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.

  2. a male given name, form of Albert, Herbert, Bertram, Burton.


Example Sentences

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I arrived early to a restaurant where my husband and I planned to dine with our friend Burt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Capped by a laugh and smile that made him look like a younger Burt Reynolds with just a touch of Jack Nicholson.

From Los Angeles Times

His take on the latter, a Burt Bacharach classic, is particularly warm and mellow.

From The Wall Street Journal

And now Cabot has gone public with her side of the story, with that Bernedoodle, named Burt Reynolds, by her side.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s no way for a general moviegoer to know what the ratio of fiction to nonfiction in is a scruffy DIY object like “Burt,” with characters playing versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times