Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Broacher \Broach"er\, n.
   1. A spit; a broach.

            On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they
            turned.                               --Dryden.

   2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or
      promoter.

            Some such broacher of heresy.         --Atterbury.