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Etymology

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From bird +‎ -er.

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birder (plural birders)

  1. (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.
  2. A person who hunts birds.

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