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Burroughs has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)

2

United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)

3

United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)

Proper Noun
1

An English topographical surname, from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.

2

An area in Barnet borough, London, England; named for the rabbit warrens there.

See Also
fort hill burrows mole
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Rhyming Words
highs sighs coughs toughs roughs houghs doughs boughs laughs singhs thighs neighs weighs troughs sleighs ploughs sloughs inveighs throughs boroughs
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