Definition of George burns

1. Noun. United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996).

Exact synonyms: Burns, Nathan Birnbaum
Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic, Vaudevillian

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Burns

Georg Friedrich Handel
Georg Meissner
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Simon Ohm
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Steller
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George's Island
George Armstrong Custer
George Balanchine
George Beadle
George Berkeley
George Bernard Shaw
George Boole
George Bryan Brummell
George Burns
George Bush
George C. Scott
George Catlett Marshall
George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy
George Dewey
George Dibdin-Pitt
George Dibdin Pitt
George Eastman
George Edward Moore
George Edward Pickett
George Eliot
George Ellery Hale
George Enescu
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Literary usage of George burns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries by George Washington Moon (1891)
"Sir george burns married, in 1822, the eldest daughter of the late Dr. Cleland of ... Sir george burns was created a Baronet of the United Kingdom, in May, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"george burns retired from the Glasgow management of the line in 1860. He was made a baronet in 1889, but died on the 2nd of June 1890 at Castle Wemyss, ..."

3. The Expository Times by James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings (1889)
"SIR george burns. Mr. Edwin Hodder, the author of The Life of Sir george burns (Hodder ... Sir george burns is not so copious or so exalted as that. ..."

4. History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce by William Schaw Lindsay (1876)
"... and through him Mr. Cunard was led to discuss this important undertaking with Mr. george burns of that city, and his friend and correspondent Mr. David ..."

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