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burkers

burkers is the plural of burker.

Meaning of burker

Noun

burker (plural burkers)

  1. (UK, historical, slang) One who burkes; one who murders in order to sell the body to an anatomist, surgeon, etc.
    • Science was in league with the "burkers" and "body-snatchers," […]1877, Dutton Cook, Doubleday's Children, page 90

Questions about burkers

What is burkers the plural of?
Burkers is the plural of burker.

Words near burkers in the dictionary

  1. Burkeens
  2. burkeite
  3. Burkel
  4. Burkels
  5. burker
  6. burkers
  7. Burkert
  8. Burkerts
  9. burkes
  10. Burkes Bridge
  11. Burkes Flat

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