Burroughs

American  

[bur-ohz, buhr-] / ˈbɜr oʊz, ˈbʌr- /

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.

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Burroughs British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Burroughs even installed a subwoofer speaker beneath the sofa to give the garage the feel of a movie theater during family movie nights.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Korshak’s passion for fantasy illustration was ignited by his father, who decorated the boy’s bedroom with a J. Allen St. John rendition of a scene from Burroughs’s Mars series.

From The Wall Street Journal

District Judge Allison Burroughs in September ordered the government to reverse billions in cuts to Harvard.

From Los Angeles Times

His specialty was portraits, many of them of well-known figures from the overlapping artistic-intellectual circles of which he was a part: William Burroughs, Fran Lebowitz and Susan Sontag, to name a few.

From The Wall Street Journal