birdwatcher
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See also: bird watcher
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birdwatcher (plural birdwatchers)
- (birdwatching) A person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment.
- 1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 5, in Memento Mori, London: Macmillan:
- Alec Warner was gazing like a bird-watcher at Charmian, who plucked at the rug round her knees, waiting to tell her own story.
- (slang) A person who enjoys watching rocket launches.
- 1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7:
- In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.
- 1961, Canadian Motorist, page 15:
- […] particularly those carrying astronauts, are the area's major drawing power, and each "advertised" shoot brings thousands of space age "birdwatchers".
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a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment
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