Overview of noun burke

The noun burke has 2 senses

• 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))


• 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

• burke -- (murder without leaving a trace on the body)


• burke -- (get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue")