Meanings
- USnot comparablegovernmentOf or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.
Walker, Pentagon investigators discovered, was a member of the John Birch Society and had distributed Birchite material to his troops.
1995, Randall Bennett Wood, Fulbright: A Biography, page 2881 more example
From the Birchite Right's standpoint, the George Wallace campaign had gone incredibly well. He had appeared at 1970 and 1971 functions of the Birch Society, the (White) Citizens Councils and Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade.
1972, American Institute for Democracy, Homefront, volume 6, page 46
plural Birchites
- USgovernmentA supporter of the John Birch Society.
Across the political spectrum, meanwhile, Americans heaped ridicule upon the Birchites’ accusation of “subversion” in sex education.
2009, Jonathan Zimmerman, Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools, page 1961 more example
At National Review, he [William Buckley] got rid of the Birchites—a conspirational fringe claiming Eisenhower for a communist—tamed the libertarians, dropped (eventually) the magazine's white racism and sidelined its antisemites.
2025 June 14, Edmund Fawcett, “Writing the right”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8Synonyms: Bircher, Birchist, John Bircher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA supporter of the John Birch Society.
Origin
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