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broacher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹəʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From broach + -er.

Meanings

1. A broach, a spit (for cooking).
   • On five ſharp broachers rank'd, the roaſt they turn'd; [...] a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 440:
2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first promoter or publisher.
   • Let not a Man therefore ſay, that the Scripture is not plain in thoſe things, in which we pretend it is, becauſe in thoſe very things, the Church of God hath Underſtood it one way, and Arius, Socinus, or ſome ſuch Broacher of Hereſy, another. 1711, Francis Atterbury, “Second Sermon on the Same Subject. [The Difficult Passages of Scripture Vindicated from Such Objections as are Usually Made to Them; and Proper Directions Given, How We are to Use Them. In Three Sermons Preached at the Rolls, in the Year 1711.]”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Sermons on Several Occasions. […], volume I, London: […] George James […]; and sold by C. Davis, […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 270:
   • broacher of a topic/argument etc.

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