Burr

See also: burr

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝ/

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• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /bɜː/

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /bʌr/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /bøː/
• (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /beː/
• (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /bɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Homophones: bur, burr; birr (fern–fir–fur merger); bare, bear (both fair–fur merger)

Proper noun

Burr

1. A surname.
   • 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.

   • 2023 January 6, Manu Raju and Devan Cole, “SEC closes insider trading probe into former Republican senator”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its insider trading investigation into stock trades made by then-Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law at the outset of the pandemic, the former senator announced Friday.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
   2. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri.
   3. A village in Otoe County, Nebraska, named after burr oak trees.
   4. An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
3. A community in Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, central Saskatchewan, Canada.

Derived terms

• Burrton

Plautdietsch

Noun

Burr n

1. thick, heavy felt