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Look up burr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burr may refer to: Cape Burr, a headland in South Australia Mount Burr, South Australia, a town and mountain
Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the
William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, writer and director. He started his career as a stand-up
Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles
Burr (1732–1758), wife of Aaron Burr Sr. Frances Burr (1890–1974), American artist Frances Ellen Burr (1831–1923), American suffragist Frank A. Burr (1843–1894)
The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the U.S. vice president at the time, and Alexander Hamilton, the first
to Burr and Hamilton's duel. Burr did become Jefferson's vice-president, but when Jefferson decided not to run with Burr for reelection in 1804, Burr opted
Clive Ronald Burr (8 March 1956 – 12 March 2013) was an English musician. He was the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982. Together
The Burr conspiracy of 1805–1807, was an alleged treasonous plot to have been planned by American politician and former military officer Aaron Burr (1756–1836)
in his house. Finch asks Burr to come to his lake house the next day to collect Kay's letters. Returning to the cabin, Burr discovers a 9mm shell casing
BURR
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English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Burrows. Compare Burris.
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Scottish
Scottish : patronymic from Small.English : possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a rabbit warren, from the plural of Middle English smyle ‘burrow’ (Old English smygels).
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English
English : variant of Burrows.Possibly an altered form of German Börries or Borr(i)es (see Burress).
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English
English : habitational name from any of three places in Devon named Burridge, from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke) + hrycg ‘ridge’.English : from the Middle English personal name Burrich, Old English Burgrīc, composed of the elements burh, burg ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’ + rīc ‘power’.
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English
English : from the Middle English personal name Burret, Old English Burgrǣd, composed of the elements burh, burg ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’ + rǣd ‘counsel’.English : possibly a nickname for someone with thick and disheveled hair, from Old French b(o)ure ‘coarse woolen cloth’ + Middle English heved ‘head’.
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English : habitational name from any of various places, such as Foscott (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire), Foscote (Northamptonshire, Wiltshire), Foxcott (Hampshire), Foxcote (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire), so named from Old English fox ‘fox’ + cot ‘shelter’, ‘burrow’.
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English
English : variant spelling of Burrow.
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English
English : variant of Burrows.
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English
English : variant spelling of Burrows.
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English
English : variant spelling of Burrell.George Burrill was one of the early settlers at Lynn, MA, in 1638, and the founder of a prominent family in colonial MA. He is believed to have come from Boston in Lincolnshire, England.
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English
English : variant spelling of Burrows.
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English (East Anglian)
English (East Anglian) : from a Middle English personal name, Keterych. Reaney suggests this is a blend of the Old Norse name Ketill (see Kettle) with the common Old English name element rīc, as in Burridge.
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English
English : variant spelling of Burridge.John Burrage came from Norfolk, England, to Charlestown, MA, in 1637.
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English
English : habitational name from any of the places called Burrington, for example in Avon, Devon, and Herefordshire. The first and last are named with Old English burh ‘fortified place’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘enclosure’; the second is recorded in Domesday Book as Bernintone ‘estate associated with a man called Beorn’.George Burrington (c.1680–1759), born in Devon, England, was a colonial governor of NC (1723–25, 1731–34).
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Arabic, Muslim
He who Rode the Burraq
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English
English : probably a variant of Burrows. Compare Burriss.Probably also an Americanized spelling of German Börries (see Burres).
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English
English : possibly a topographic name meaning ‘dweller by the borough (Old English burg) enclosure (Old English (ge)hæg)’, or alternatively a variant spelling of Bury.Swiss German : variant of Burri.
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English
English : variant of Burrows.Possibly an altered form of German Börries or Borr(i)es (see Burress).
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English
English : of uncertain origin. Reaney explains this as a nickname for a person who is difficult to shake off, from Middle English bur(r) ‘bur’ (a seedhead that sticks to clothing). Burre occurs as a surname or byname as early as 1185, but the vocabulary word is not recorded in OED until the 14th century. Another possibility is derivation from Old English būr ‘small dwelling or building’ (modern English bower), but there are phonological difficulties here too.German : perhaps a variant spelling of Bur, or a topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound’, ‘hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer.The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother’s side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father’s from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England with John Winthrop to MA in 1630.
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English
English : probably a variant of Burrows. Compare Burris.
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Tamil
Cloud, Water, Traveller
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Hebrew
(יְהוּדָה) Hebrew name YEHUWDAH means "praised." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Judah is the Anglicized form.
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German, Swedish
Pure; Holy
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Arabic, French, German, Indian, Kurdish, Muslim, Sindhi
Generous; Giving; Honourable; Outstanding; Virtuous
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Latin
Defender of man.
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Tamil
Equality
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Norfolk named in Old English with brīosa ‘gadfly’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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Basque
, light.
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Tamil
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Twilight
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Thai/Siamese
Thai name DAO means "star."
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n.
Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.
n.
A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.
v. t.
To force from a burrow; to unearth.
n.
A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
n.
A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
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The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
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Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
v. i.
To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
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The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
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Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
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A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
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Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
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of Burrow
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The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
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of Burrow
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of Burr
n.
One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.
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A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.
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A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.