Burke : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Burke	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Burke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Burke n British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) Synonym(s): Burke, Edmund Burke United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) Synonym(s): Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane v murder without leaving a trace on the body get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. 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. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burke, KY Zip code(s): 41171 Burke, NY (village, FIPS 11154) Location: 44.90336 N, 74.17088 W Population (1990): 209 (93 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12917 Burke, SD (city, FIPS 8700) Location: 43.18302 N, 99.29251 W Population (1990): 756 (392 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Burke, TX (city, FIPS 11380) Location: 31.22831 N, 94.76924 W Population (1990): 314 (129 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Burke, VA (CDP, FIPS 11464) Location: 38.78024 N, 77.27206 W Population (1990): 57734 (18812 housing units) Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22015