The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burman \Bur"man\, n.; pl. Burmans. [``The softened modern
M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the
European corruption Burma.''
--Balfour.], (Ethnol.)
A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families
Burma; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burma; a Burmese.
-- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.
Note: Burma is now (1998) named Myanmar.
Wikipedia
Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bari Dreiband-Burman, American make-up artist nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Barney Burman, American make-up artist
- Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist
- Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American author and journalist
- Bob Burman (1884–1916), American racecar driver
- Carina Burman (born 1960), Swedish novelist and literature scholar
- Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentinian filmmaker
- Erica Burman (born 1960), British developmental psychologist
- Gregg Burman (born 1945), British amplification manufacturer
- Jayasri Burman (born 1960), Indian artist, niece of Sakti
- Johannes Burman (1707–1780), Dutch botanist and physician
- Karl Burman (1882–1965), Estonian architect and painter
- Maya Burman (born 1971), Indian artist, daughter of Sakti
- Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734–1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes
- Pieter Burman the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar
- Pieter Burman the Younger (1713–1778), Dutch classical scholar, nephew of previous
- Rahul Dev Burman (1939–1994), Bollywood music composers, son of Sachin
- Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), Bollywood music composers, father of Rahul
- Sakti Burman (born 1935), eminent Indian artist based in France
- Thomas R. Burman, American Academy Award nominated make-up artist, father of Barney Burman
- Tony Burman (born 1948), Canadian journalist and Editor in Chief of CBC News
- William Francis Burman (1897–1974), First World War English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Burman (born 1982) American coffee mogul
- Harshit Burman
Stunt Rider
Usage examples of "burman".
He was a clever chap, Burman, but there was nothing of the pedantic professor about him.
From his safe, Burman dragged out a box, and from the box he produced a gadget.
With a surprised oath, Burman dashed forward to rescue the chronometer.
That trapdoor also snapped shut, leaving Burman gaping down at his torn clothing from which his expensive watch and equally expensive gold chain had been ripped away.
The cat backed to a safe distance when Burman opened the door, but looked lingeringly toward the laboratory.
The first was too fast even for the cat, too fast for the surprised Burman as well.
Eyes alight with excitement, Burman put down his weapon, went to pick up the shuttle.
It whirled, accelerated, dodged the very tip of the descending steel, and flashed twice around the table upon which Burman had taken refuge.
Somehow, I felt that it was responding entirely to some mysterious call from the shuttle Burman had captured.
While Burman and I stared aghast, a golden shuttle slid easily through one of the rat holes, sensed the death of the Robot Mother and scooted back through the other hole before I could stop it.
Grindings and raspings came from the accursed object while Burman battered it to pieces.
Rangoon, then the capital of the Burman Empire, and established themselves in what they regarded as their future home.
Burmah, or the Burman Empire, lies between the Salwen river on the east, and the Burrampooter on the northwest and north, while its western and southern shores are washed by the great bay of Bengal, which separates it from the peninsula of Hindustan.
The natural good traits of the Burman character are almost rendered nugatory by their religion, and the oppressive nature of their government.
Rangoon, one of the chief seaports of the Burman Empire, situated on one of the numerous mouths of the Irrawaddy, and having a splendid harbor, is yet one of the meanest, and most uninteresting cities that can well be imagined.