Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bird watcher.
- noun A breeder of birds.
- noun A hunter of birds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird-catcher; a fowler.
- noun One who breeds birds.
- noun A local English name of the wild cat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A birdcatcher.
- noun a
birdwatcher .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
birdwatcher - noun a person who
hunts birds
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats
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Examples
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In my mind, I associated the word birder with bird lister, someone who's interest was primarily in compiling lists of the birds he or she had seen in a particular year, State, or country.
Archive 2002-03-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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In my mind, I associated the word birder with bird lister, someone who's interest was primarily in compiling lists of the birds he or she had seen in a particular year, State, or country.
Birder or Bird Watcher? John L. Trapp 2002
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According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2002, the word birder is a noun dating from the 15th century.
Archive 2002-03-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Merriam-Webster Online (which suggests that bird watcher be hyphenated) dates its origin to 1905 but does not provide a definition, considering it to be synonymous with its second meaning for the word birder (i.e., a person who birds).
Birder or Bird Watcher? John L. Trapp 2002
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According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2002, the word birder is a noun dating from the 15th century.
Birder or Bird Watcher? John L. Trapp 2002
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Well, over the years, I have grown more comfortable with the word birder, and have even come to consider myself one, but I still think that there's much more to birding than simply ticking off species on a checklist.
Archive 2002-03-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Merriam-Webster Online (which suggests that bird watcher be hyphenated) dates its origin to 1905 but does not provide a definition, considering it to be synonymous with its second meaning for the word birder (i.e., a person who birds).
Archive 2002-03-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Well, over the years, I have grown more comfortable with the word birder, and have even come to consider myself one, but I still think that there's much more to birding than simply ticking off species on a checklist.
Birder or Bird Watcher? John L. Trapp 2002
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Best known as a birder's paradise, Borolos also hides a hint of history in its serene setting.
unknown title 2009
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Now I - and I suspect many of you - consider myself a "birder" albeit a casual one.
Holy Grails 2009
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