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burker

noun

Etymology

From burke + -er.

  1. suffixed as burker — “burke + er”

Definitions

  1. One who burkes

    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," […]

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