burker en · NOUN
Etymology
From burke + -er.
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |