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)
• Syn: ↑William Seward Burroughs
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer
3. United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
• Syn: ↑Edgar Rice Burroughs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.