Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun william_seward_burroughs

2 senses of william seward burroughs

Sense 1
Burroughs, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs -- (United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2
Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs -- (United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898))
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)