Associations to the word «Burroughs»

Wiktionary

BURROUGHS, proper noun. An English topographical surname​ for someone who lived near a hill or a fort.

Dictionary definition

BURROUGHS, noun. United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997).
BURROUGHS, noun. United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898).
BURROUGHS, noun. United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin