Definitions for burke
Overview of noun burke
The noun burke has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Burke, Edmund Burke
(British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797))
2. Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane
(United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903))
Overview of verb burke
The verb burke has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. burke
(murder without leaving a trace on the body)
2. burke
(get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue")
