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broacher

/ˈbɹəʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

broacher noun: a broach, a spit (for cooking).

Noun

broacher (plural broachers)

  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...
  2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first promoter or publisher.
    • broacher of a topic/argument etc.
    • 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...

Forms of broacher

pluralbroachers

Origin of broacher

From broach + -er.

Questions about broacher

What does broacher mean?
Broacher means a broach, a spit (for cooking).
What part of speech is broacher?
Broacher is a noun.
How do you pronounce broacher?
Broacher is pronounced /ˈbɹəʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of broacher?
The plural of broacher is broachers.

Words near broacher in the dictionary

  1. broachable
  2. broached
  3. broached spire
  4. broached spires
  5. broached to
  6. broacher
  7. broachers
  8. broaches
  9. broaches to
  10. broachest
  11. broacheth

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