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Burke

–noun

1.	Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke), 1886–1970, U.S. actress.

2.	Edmund, 1729–97, Irish statesman, orator, and writer.

3.	Kenneth Du·va [doo-vey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1897–1993, U.S. literary critic.

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Irish-born British politician and writer. Famous for his oratory, he pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and was instrumental in developing the notions of party responsibility and a loyal opposition within the parliamentary system. His major work, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), voices his opposition to the excesses of the French experience.

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edmund burke
noun
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) [syn: Burke]