family name (first recorded 1066), from Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burgh. Not common in England itself, but it took root in Ireland, where William de Burgo went in 1171 with Henry II an [..]

Burke means to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver. In criminal law, it means to murder by smother; to murder for the purpose of selling the corpse for purposes of dissection. It is a mur [..]

(n) British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)(n) United States frontierswoman and le [..]

To murder by placing something over the mouth of the person attacked to prevent his giving alarm. So called from Burke, an Irishman, who used to suffocate his victims and murder them for the sole purp [..]

(b. Dublin, January 12th, 1728 or 1729; d. Beaconsfield, July 9th, 1797). “Vindication of Natural Society” (1756); “The Sublime and Beautiful” (1757); “Pre [..]

Burke was born in Dublin and died at his estate at Beaconsfield. He is usually remembered as the champion of tradition, hierarchy, privilege and prejudice. ...

for someone who lived in a fortified place. Any of various places in the United States.

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From an English surname that was derived from Old English burg meaning "fortress".