Ko ‧ resh, David /kəˈreʃ/ BrE AmE
(1959–93) the leader of a small religious group called the Branch Davidians, who lived together in Waco, Texas, in the US. In 1993 the FBI came to ↑ arrest him and surrounded the place where the group lived. A fire was started, and Koresh and 86 members of his group were killed.