Definition of "Burnside"

Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.

1. A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6260).  examples

2. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.  examples

3. An industrial suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.  examples

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.  examples