Burney

American  

[bur-nee] / ˈbɜr ni /

noun

1. Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.

2. his daughter Frances or Fanny Madame D'Arblay, 1752–1840, English novelist and diarist.

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Burney British  

/ ˈbɜːnɪ /

noun

1. Charles . 1726–1814, English composer and music historian, whose books include A General History of Music (1776–89)

2. his daughter, Frances . known as Fanny ; married name Madame D'Arblay . 1752–1840, English novelist and diarist: author of Evelina (1778). Her Diaries and Letters (1768–1840) are of historical interest

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Example Sentences

George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain came fourth, with the party's candidate Amir Burney getting 10% of the vote.

From BBC

The family often read and reread books aloud together, among them Frances Burney’s “Evelina,” whose work was to have an enormous influence on Austen’s own writing, as would such unsung literary predecessors as Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Maria Edgeworth and others whose work has largely disappeared from modern shelves and was historically dismissed by critics.

From Los Angeles Times

Using nearly 20 years of satellite measurements, Jiang and co-author Jennifer Burney of Stanford University quantified how much of global rainfall begins as land-based evaporation.

From Science Daily

Even if employers list previous work experience as desirable or required, they might be flexible if you find other ways to prove you've acquired the same skills, according to Matt Burney, an advisor at Indeed.

From BBC

Matt Burney recommends keeping it to one page.

From BBC