birder
nounUK /ˈbɜːdə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈbɝdɚ/
Etymology From bird + -er.
1
Biology, Birdwatching, Natural sciences, Ornithology A birdwatcher.
- Many of the crofters on Fair Isle and Shetland know as much about the birds as the birders.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 47:
- 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.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 37:
2
A person who hunts birds.
- Derived terms
- nonbirder