BURKE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
   Synonym(s)
   • Burk (what does Burk mean?)
   • Calamity Jane (what does Calamity Jane mean?)
   • Martha Jane Burk (what does Martha Jane Burk mean?)
   • Martha Jane Burke (what does Martha Jane Burke mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Burke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • frontierswoman (what does frontierswoman mean?)
2. Meaning
   • English statesman famous for his oratory
   • pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
   Synonym(s)
   • Edmund Burke (what does Edmund Burke mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Burke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • statesman (what does statesman mean?)
   • solon (what does solon mean?)
   • national leader (what does national leader mean?)
   • orator (what does orator mean?)
   • speechmaker (what does speechmaker mean?)
   • rhetorician (what does rhetorician mean?)
   • public speaker (what does public speaker mean?)
   • speechifier (what does speechifier mean?)

BURKE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • get rid of, silence, or suppress
   Usage Example(s)
   • burke an issue
   Hypernyms(s) burke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
2. Meaning
   • murder without leaving a trace on the body
   Hypernyms(s) burke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • murder (what does murder mean?)
   • slay (what does slay mean?)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • dispatch (what does dispatch mean?)
   • bump off (what does bump off mean?)
   • polish off (what does polish off mean?)
   • remove (what does remove mean?)