"burker" meaning in All languages combined

See burker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: burkers [plural]
Etymology: From burke + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|burke|er|id2=agent noun}} burke + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} burker (plural burkers)
  1. (UK, slang, historical) One who burkes; one who murders in order to sell the body to an anatomist, surgeon, etc. Tags: UK, historical, slang

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