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Bircher

American  
[bur-cher] / ˈbɜr tʃər /
Or Birchite

noun

  1. a member, advocate, or follower of the John Birch Society and its principles.


Bircher British  
/ ˈbɜːtʃə /

noun

  1. a member or supporter of the John Birch Society

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Bircher

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; (John) Birch (Society) ( def. ) + -er 1


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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council's acting director of corporate services Andrew Bircher said all appropriate safety checks and paperwork were in place as part of the funfair's arrangement to rent the land from the council.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023

And Dallek’s account — of the “halting” and clumsy effort by conservatives to simultaneously exploit and contain Bircher energies — is both well-told and depressingly familiar.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023

Alan Bircher destroyed any hopes of some of these swimmers and the goals they wanted to reach.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2022

Bircher Lewis Uhler was instrumental in passing Proposition 13 to reduce California’s property taxes in 1978.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022

Since Bircher membership was secret and Goldwater had previously disavowed Welch, the Goldwater campaign had plausible deniability about Bircher support.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2021

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