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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar.
- adjective Of or relating to Myanmar; Burmese.
- noun A member of the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar, especially as distinguished from the Shan, Karen, and other minority peoples.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Myanmar; a Burmese.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Burma, a British possession in Farther India.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burma; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burma; a Burmese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of
Myanmar . - adjective Of or relating to
Myanmar ; Burmese. - noun A member of the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of
Myanmar , especially as distinguished from the Shan, Karen, and other minority peoples. - noun A native or inhabitant of
Myanmar ; a Burmese.
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Examples
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Danielul (Burman), sicut coniecerat Burman_ distinui ... curas, tempusque
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Tony Burman is one of the CBC's most widely experienced journalists.
Privacy and the Media: Two Perspectves - What Does the Public Have a Right to Know 1999
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They have no recognized clergy, but when a Burman is dying, it is the custom that any neighbour of his that is particularly his friend, should call upon him and should remind him of all the little acts of kindness that he has ever performed.
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It is a highly complicated subject, but the fundamental issue stems not from the alleged fact that the majority of the population are "Burman" and wish to suppress minority cultures.
An Exchange on Burma Anderson, Benedict R. 1987
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Cable companies are also worried, said Burman, that they will lose more subscribers than they will gain by granting access to Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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Cable companies are also worried, said Burman, that they will lose more subscribers than they will gain by granting access to Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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The network, however, covers much more than the Middle East, and now has more bureaus in Latin America than CNN and the BBC, said Burman.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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Al Jazeera follows a public broadcasting model similar to the BBC, CBC and NPR and is largely funded by the government of Qatar, which Burman said takes a completely hands-off approach to content.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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Cable companies are also worried, said Burman, that they will lose more subscribers than they will gain by granting access to Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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The objections from the cable companies have come for both political and commercial reasons, said Burman, the former editor-in-chief of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Ryan Grim 2011
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