birder
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːdə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝdɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Noun edit
birder (plural birders)
- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher.
- 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 47:
- Many of the crofters on Fair Isle and Shetland know as much about the birds as the birders.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 37:
- It's good to be the king. Even if the kingdom is rather small. It is amazing how often really good birders are borderline megalomaniacs.
- A person who hunts birds.