Bircher

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Birch·er

 (bûr′chər) also Birch·ist (-chĭst) or Birch·ite (-chīt′)
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.
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Bircher

(ˈbɜːtʃə) ,

Birchist

or

Birchite

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of the John Birch Society
ˈBirchˌism n
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Birch•er

(ˈbɜr tʃər)

n.
a member or advocate of the John Birch Society.
[1960–65, Amer.]
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So runs the Birchist fantasy, spun out in dozens of books distributed in millions of copies.
The JBS: alive, well, and growing; the leader of the Americanist cause for over 40 years, the John Birch Society continues to work successfully for less government, more responsibility, and a better world. (Americanism)
The Buckleyite, Birchist "New Right" of the late 1950s and early 1960s yammered about America as a republic instead of a democracy, and they haven't stopped yet-see columns by Pat Buchanan and his kind.
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In the case of the Birchists, she tells of 1961 press revelations that the US military used the Society's literature in its training sessions.
Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times
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