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burton
/ˈbɝ.tən/
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What does burton mean?
proper noun
- An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
- A male given name.
- A locality in Navajo County, Arizona.
More meanings (33)
proper noun
- A former town in Rabun County, Georgia, now submerged.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Adams County, Illinois.
- A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- A city in Genesee County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
- A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community and inactive township in Howard County, Missouri.
- A tiny village in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
- A village and township in Geauga County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
- A minor city in Washington County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community on Vashon Island, King County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin.
- A settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.
- A rural community and parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
- A settlement in western Prince Edward Island.
- A small village in Duddon and Burton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).
- A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).
- A village in Burton and Winkton parish, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).
- A civil parish (served by Burton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9674).
- A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).
- Ellipsis of Burton upon Trent: a civil parish and market town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire.
- A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).
- A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).
- A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9805).
- A village in Rossett community, Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3557).
- A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
noun
- (archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
- (archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.
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IPA pronunciation
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It used to amuse him to think of Burton, the lonely Oxford scholar, writing that vast book to "rectify" his own melancholy.
A giant in height and strength, he defeated all antagonists at boxing, but Burton mastered him with the foil and the broad-sword.
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But Lady Burton was not an ordinary woman, and the money side of the question never weighed with her for one moment.
“Black” Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious, had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good-naturedly between.
I should add that a most experienced observer, Capt. Burton, believes that a woman whom we consider beautiful is admired throughout the world.