Definition of Robert burns

1. Noun. Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796).

Exact synonyms: Burns
Generic synonyms: Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Burns

Robert's pelvis
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Abram Bartlett
Robert Adam
Robert Alexander Schumann
Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert Anson Heinlein
Robert Barany
Robert Bartlett
Robert Benchley
Robert Boyle
Robert Brown
Robert Browning
Robert Bruce Mathias
Robert Bunsen
Robert Burns
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Venturi
Robert Clive
Robert Curl
Robert De Niro
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Peary
Robert E Lee's Birthday
Robert E Lee Day
Robert Edward Lee
Robert Edwin Peary
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Robert F. Curl

Literary usage of Robert burns

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

1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1858)
"Poema ascribed to robert burns, not contained in any edition of his works hitherto ... Views in North Britain to illustrate the Poems of robert burns. ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1883)
"And it is with a feeling of affectionate interest that we turn to the humble cottage which, as the birthplace of robert burns, has become forever a hallowed ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by robert burns (Kilmarnock, 1786), ... This was followed by Thomas Stewart's Poems ascribed to robert burns (Glasgow ..."

4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"AE robert burns, peasant, poet, patriot, pa. 50c. '10. ... J: A. robert burns. |1. '09. John A. Joyce, 226 Maryland av., Wash., DC Burnt offering. ..."

5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"robert burns 1759-1796 January 25, 1759, Birth at Ayr, parish of Alloway. ... —GEORGE, ANDREW J., 1896, ed., Select Poems of robert burns, p. 231. ..."

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