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What's in a name?
Posted by: Devin Burr Date: May 07, 1998 at 15:55:13
  of 1921

Looking up the etymology of "Burr", I found Norse/Saxon
definitions meaning "youth" and "prickly covering."

But going farther back in the history, there's the name
"deBures." Sounds Dutch; does anyone know what it means?

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