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American frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

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

get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"

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

get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"

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

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.

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

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.

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

To murder, esp. by stifling: hence, (fig.) to put an end to quietly.