noun
1. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
• Syn: ↑Edmund Burke
• Instance Hypernyms:
↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader, ↑orator, ↑speechmaker, ↑rhetorician, ↑public speaker, ↑speechifier
2. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
• Syn: ↑Burk, ↑Martha Jane Burk, ↑Martha Jane Burke, ↑Calamity Jane
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑frontierswoman
Useful english dictionary. 2012.