birdman
Americannoun
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birdmen
plural
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an ornithologist.
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a bird watcher.
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a person who keeps or tends birds.
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a person who hunts birds for food or sport; fowler.
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Informal. aviator.
noun
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a man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist
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a man who attempts to fly using his own muscle power
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an obsolete informal name for airman
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To be taken seriously, a birdman needed a large collection of taxidermied birds, skins and eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Nearby is an ancient copper plate of a birdman displayed as an example of creativity.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
Finally, we perhaps, got some further insight into who the birdman might be or might be working for, based on the fact that he let Ray live.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2015
Or a birdman, soaring through the canyons of downtown Chicago.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 29, 2011
That birdman was a scary fellow, and I had no intention of meeting up with him again.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
He even has a raptor-esque face, speaking of birdmen.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2015
Within a complex of mirrors and Plexiglas that nearly fills the main gallery, werewolves and birdmen perform nightmarish surgeries and excavations atop pits of plaster and puddles of gooey resin.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
Photograph: Courtesy Galerie Kadel Willborn and Galleria Raffaella Cortese With moonlit locations and a cast of characters including Anubis, birdmen and fauns, Mathilde Rosier's theatrical works always set the scene for some long-forgotten rite.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2011
I'd say the birdmen were a tougher sell.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 29, 2011
Hidden under the branches, in order to escape the observation of the enemy's birdmen, the French cannon were scattered among the hills and hollows of the highland range.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
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