bircher1
(ˈbɜːtʃə(r))
[f. birch v. + -er1.]
One who administers a birch-rod; a flogger.
| 1888 Ch. Times 13 July 622 The renowned bircher [sc. Dr. Keate]. 1908 Daily Chron. 18 June 4/7 The vicarious cane is considered by birchers of experience to be an unsatisfactory substitute for the birch rod itself. 1953 L. Paul Sir T. More ii. 30 Erasmus relates that often after a common meal a schoolmaster would pick out a boy and hand him over for punishment to a bircher. |