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birder
[
bur
-der]
/ˈbɜr dər/
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noun
1.
a person who raises
birds
.
2.
bird watcher
.
Origin of
birder
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1475-1485
1475-85
for earlier sense “bird-catcher”;
1820-30
for def 1;
bird
+
-er
1
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