Definition of Burke

1. Noun. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797).


2. Verb. Murder without leaving a trace on the body.
Generic synonyms: Bump Off, Dispatch, Hit, Murder, Off, Polish Off, Remove, Slay

3. Noun. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903).

4. Verb. Get rid of, silence, or suppress. "Burke an issue"
Generic synonyms: Conquer, Curb, Inhibit, Stamp Down, Subdue, Suppress

Definition of Burke

1. v. t. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

Definition of Burke

1. Proper noun. (surname topographical from=Middle English dot=) for someone who lived in a fortify fortified place. ¹

2. Proper noun. One of various places in the United States. ¹

3. Verb. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. ¹

4. Verb. To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress. ¹

5. Noun. (British slang) Variant spelling of berk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Burke

1. to murder by suffocation [v BURKED, BURKING, BURKES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burke

Burgundy mixture
Burgundy pitch
Burgundy sauce
Burgundy wine
Burhan
Burhinidae
Burhinus
Burhinus oedicnemus
Buriat
Buriatia
Buriats
Burk
Burkard
Burke (current term)
Burke's Barrage
Burkina
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso franc
Burkinabe
Burkinese
Burkism
Burkitt's lymphoma
Burlew disk
Burlew wheel
Burlington
Burlington bun
Burlington buns
Burma

Literary usage of Burke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"EDMUND Burke. I rejoice that a spirit is at last aroused about Edmund Burke, which must, I think, result in some information, be it more or less. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The difference between Pitt and Burke was nearly as great as that between ... In the sammer of 1791 Burke was struck to the ground by a blow to his deepest ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"As has been said of Burke, " he changed his front, but he never changed his ground."' The mention of Burke cannot fail to suggest the likeness between the ..."

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