Burroughs

[bur-ohz, buhr-]

noun

1. Edgar Rice, 1875–1950, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

2. John, 1837–1921, U.S. naturalist and essayist.

3. William Seward, 1855–98, U.S. inventor of the adding machine.

4. his grandson William S(eward), 1914–1997, U.S. novelist.

Burroughs

/ ˈbʌrəʊz /

noun

1. Edgar Rice . 1875–1950, US novelist, author of the Tarzan stories

2. William S ( eward ). 1914–97, US novelist, noted for his experimental works exploring themes of drug addiction, violence, and homosexuality. His novels include Junkie (1953), The Naked Lunch (1959), and Interzone (1989)

Example Sentences

Burroughs ruled that the protection of free speech must be weighed against the “fight against antisemitism…and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the other.”

From Salon

Boston-based Judge Burroughs wrote in Wednesday's ruling: "The Court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violative of the First Amendment."

From BBC

“These latest attempts to sanitize and reshape history to fit a narrow ideological narrative amount to nothing less than the erasure of history,” said JANM’s President and Chief Executive Ann Burroughs.

From Los Angeles Times

“The consequences of that in terms of constitutional law are staggering,” Burroughs said, before questioning the broad brush the government was using to paint the nation’s oldest university as antisemitic.

From Salon

But Judge Burroughs said the government had provided "no documentation, no procedure" to "suss out" whether Harvard administrators "have taken enough steps or haven't" to combat antisemitism.

From BBC