Definition of Burnett

1. Noun. United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnett

Burmah
Burman
Burmannia
Burmanniaceae
Burmans
Burmeisteria
Burmeisteria retusa
Burmese
Burmese-Yi
Burmese cat
Burmese rosewood
Burmilla
Burmillas
Burn and Rand theory
Burner
Burnett (current term)
Burnett's syndrome
Burnham
Burns' falciform process
Burns' ligament
Burns' space
Burns night
Burns stanza
Burnsian
Burnsians
Burnside
Burow's operation
Burow's solution
Burow's triangle
Burow's vein

Literary usage of Burnett

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"claimed to have been made for the benefit of creditors of WH Burnett The two plaintiffs aforesaid were indorsers on certain notes set out In the pleadings ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Burnett has told the story of her childhood and tried to interpret her own ... Mrs. Burnett delights in heroes and heroines who are thus loftily at variance ..."

3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1918)
"Burnett. Yes, sir; very. Had never an opportunity of an education, ... WP Burnett, what have you to say? Burnett. I am twenty-seven years old; can't read or ..."

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