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Burroughs

Burroughs proper noun: an English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.

Proper noun (1)

Burroughs

  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.
    • Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC
  2. A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

Proper noun (2)

the Burroughs

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

Forms of Burroughs

alternative formBurrough
alternative formBurrow
alternative formBurrowes
alternative formBurrows

Questions about Burroughs

What does Burroughs mean?
Burroughs means an English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
What part of speech is Burroughs?
Burroughs is a proper noun.

Words near Burroughs in the dictionary

  1. burros
  2. burroti
  3. burrotis
  4. Burrough
  5. Burrough on the Hill
  6. Burroughs
  7. Burroughsian
  8. Burrovian
  9. burrow
  10. burrow duck
  11. burrow ducks

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