a member, advocate, or follower of the John Birch Society and its principles
Also: Birchite. Also called: John Bircher
Word origin
[1960–65, Amer.; (john) birch (society) + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, deinstitutionalize, disco, go-go, parvovirus-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)