burns

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

burns1

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of burn
noun
  1. pluralplural of burn

Burns2

proper nounBurns (countable and uncountable, plural Burnses or Burns)

plural Burnses

  1. countableuncountableA surname.

    We adopted a formal policy on this," Mayor Pat Burns said. "It went before the council, and we unanimously agreed that Huntington Beach is not a sanctuary city. We took deliberate action to make our non-sanctuary stance clear."

    2025 May 30, Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Lloyd, “These California cities and counties are on the DHS list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions'”, in KNBC
    1. countableuncountableRobert Burns, Scottish writer.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado.
    2. countableuncountableA city in Marion County, Kansas.
    3. countableuncountableA township in Henry County, Illinois.
    4. countableuncountableA township in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Alleghany County, New York.
    7. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Harney County, Oregon.
    8. countableuncountableA town in Dickson County, Tennessee.
    9. countableuncountableA town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
    10. countableuncountableA town in Laramie County, Wyoming.
proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Burn

Origin

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with burns

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Cite this entry
APA

burns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burns

MLA

“burns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burns. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burns,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burns.

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