william seward burroughs

English Thesaurus

1. United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	artificer, discoverer, inventor,
definition	:	someone who is the first to think of or make something (noun.person)

2. United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)