[bur-cher] 
| a member, advocate, or follower of the John Birch Society and its principles. |
[burch] | 1. | any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. Compare birch family. |
| 2. | the wood itself. |
| 3. | a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. |
| 4. | birchen. |
| 5. | to beat or punish with or as if with a birch: The young ruffians were birched soundly by their teacher. |
| Birch·er (bûr'chər) n. A member or supporter of the John Birch Society, an anti-Communist organization founded in 1958. [After John Birch (1918-1945), Indian-born American missionary and intelligence officer.] Birch'ism n., Birch'ist, Birch'ite adj. |