John Bircher

American  

noun

1. Bircher.

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Etymology

Origin of John Bircher

First recorded in 1960–65; John Birch (Society) ( def. ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Tipped off by a creditor, North Carolina bankruptcy trustee John Bircher III, ran an online search on a Chesapeake, Va., businessman and found a newspaper article about his collection of 250 guitars.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It all really boils down to whether the guy who did this was a member of, or inspired by an international terrorist organization,” says John Bircher, public relations director for the organization The Military Order of the Purple Heart and himself, like all of his colleagues, a recipient of the award.

From US News

Then, in the late 1990s, Bachmann began reading David A. Boebel, an actual John Bircher Society member and minister who wrote in insane pamphlets for crazy people with names like "Communism, Hypnotism, and the Beatles."

From Salon

“Unless the guy is arrested as a terrorist, they’re not going to be successful,” said John Bircher, a national spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

From Washington Post

One decision turned back an effort by American Opinion, the monthly magazine published by John Bircher Robert Welch, to invoke the so-called New York Times libel rule in a defamation suit brought against the magazine by a Chicago lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive