WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS

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• WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS (noun)
  The noun WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS has 2 senses:

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)

  Familiarity information: WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS used as a noun is rare.

• WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burroughs; William Burroughs; William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)