单词 | birder |
释义 | birdern. 1. a. A person who hunts or catches wild birds; a bird-catcher. Now rare.Attested earliest as a surname. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] fowlerc893 birder1308 catcher1550 bird-catcher1580 bird-angler1653 wild-fowler1859 waterfowler1888 1308 in Trans. Philol. Soc. (2010) 108 216 Rad[ulfu]s le Briddir. 1332–3 Exchequer Subsidy Roll in Coll. Hist. Staffs. (1889) X. 124 Ric'o le Bryddere. 1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 379 The v. day of Aprill, my Lord gaff to a byrder of the Quenes, xx.d. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F vv Byrders..lyme the twygges and go a batfolynge wyth them. 1652 Mercurius Democritus No. 38. 301 A good caution for Citts hereafter when they go a birding, to keep the Place of their abode to themselves, there being wiser birders abroad then themselues. 1836 J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang iii. 173 He may turn birder, and ensnare wild-fowl, which abound in the jungles. 1944 Sci. News Let. 11 Nov. 318/2 Conservation measures aiming at the increase of island bird populations include protection of the birds and their eggs against commercial ‘birders’ and ‘eggers’. b. Australian and New Zealand. A person who catches mutton-birds or prepares their carcasses for sale; = mutton-birder n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] > using snare or net > trapper of specific birds lark-catcher1618 larker1634 sparrower1830 mutton-birder1881 birder1918 1918 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1917 50 145 Partially white mutton-birds are..yet sufficiently rare as to make a specimen of special interest even to the birders. 1985 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 12 329/2 The muttonbirders decided to remove the wekas as they were damaging muttonbirds killed by birders. 2014 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 3 The lack of muttonbirds on Trefoil Island has proved costly for birder, Wayne Cole, who can no longer sell to butchers and residents across the Coast. 2. English regional (Northamptonshire). The European wildcat, Felis silvestris. rare. Now historical. ΚΠ 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. vii. 433 Many Years ago we had wild Cats in our Northamptonshire Woods... These from their way of living, which is catching Birds, on which chiefly they feed, are here called Birders. 1857 London Q. Rev. (U.S. ed.) Jan. 27/1 The abbot of Peterborough had royal license given him to hunt the hare, the fox, and the wild-cat (catum silvestrem); the last is yet to be found in the woods of Burghley and Rockingham, where it is known by the name of ‘birder’. 1864 Northampton Herald 2 July In the woods of Rockingham and Burghley, it is known by the name of birder. 1993 M. Pipe Northants. Ghosts & Legends 116 Dialect Words... Birder, the wild cat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > bird-keeper or -breeder birder1827 aviarist1883 aviculturist1904 bird-keeper1938 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 151 The empty bird-coops of his father, who in winter had been a birder [Ger. Vogler]. 4. Originally U.S. A birdwatcher. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bird-watcher birdwatcher1803 birder1900 bird spotter1931 birdo1950 birdman1955 twitcher1974 1900 Sunday Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 8 Apr. 9/6 Many a spring morning had we ‘birders’ gone out to see the bobolink and returned with defeat written in our gait and on our faces. 1945 Audubon Mag. 47 212/2 As a birder and a soldier, I've wandered up and down the country. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Oct. s6/1 Ottawa birders have seen 17 grey jays so far this fall. 1985 Birds Autumn 38/2 The proficient birder can identify birds by song as easily as by sight. 2015 Oxf. Times 21 May 62/3 I have, along with a growing number of local birders, been charmed with the wonderful call of the cuckoo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < |
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