Bircher

/ˈbɜːtʃər/ noun

Definition

A person who beats or whips with a birch rod, or someone who advocates for birching as punishment.

Etymology

From 'birch' plus agent suffix '-er.' Historical term for those who administered corporal punishment.

Kelly Says

Victorian and Edwardian erotica obsessed over 'birchers'—they became mythologized figures in literature, which tells us how punishment and taboo get tangled up in human psychology!

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