early bird

noun

1. a person who rises at an early hour.

2. a person who arrives before others, as for the purpose of gaining some advantage.

   The early birds got the best seats for the play.

3. (initial capital letters),  the first of the Intelsat series of communications satellites, orbited (1965) by Intelsat.

Early Bird

¹

noun

1. one of a number of communications satellites, the first of which was launched in 1965 into a stationary orbit and provided telephone channels between Europe and the US See also Intelsat

early bird

²

noun

1. informal,  a person who rises early or arrives in good time

Word History and Origins

Origin of early bird¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an "early bird" rate of $499.

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Anna got a PDC membership so that she should buy early bird tickets in the summer, but even then it was "like a mini Oasis" in the scramble to get tickets.

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But these early birds are not always getting the worm.

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He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an 'early bird' rate of $499.

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Students gather for mat work at a Pilates studio, and early birds tuck into shellfish at a neighborhood oyster bar.

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