(1759–96), Scottish poet, best known for poems such as ‘The Jolly Beggars’ (1786) and ‘Tam o' Shanter’ (1791), and for old Scottish songs which he collected, including ‘Auld Lang Syne’.
Definition of Burns, Robert in US English:
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(1759–96), Scottish poet, noted for poems such as “The Jolly Beggars” (1786) and “Tam o' Shanter” (1791), and for old Scottish songs that he collected, including “Auld Lang Syne.”.