Definition of "broacher"

broacher

/ˈbɹəʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

noun
plural broachers
1. A broach, a spit.
  Quotations
  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, page 440
2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first promoter or publisher.
  Quotations
  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. ”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Sermons on Several Occasions. […], volume I, London: […] George James […]; and sold by C. Davis, […], published 1734, page 270