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[ burd-man, -muhn ] / ˈbɜrdˌmæn, -mən /
noun, plural bird·men [burd-men, -muhn]. /ˈbɜrdˌmɛn, -mən/. an ornithologist. a bird watcher. a person who keeps or tends birds. a person who hunts birds for food or sport; fowler. Informal. aviator. Origin of birdmanFirst recorded in 1690–1700; bird + man Words nearby birdmanbirding, bird in the hand, birdlike, birdlime, bird louse, birdman, bird-nesting, bird of ill omen, bird of paradise, bird of passage, bird of peace Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for birdmanThe Hangover star, currently in the critically acclaimed Birdman, certainly knows how to bring the funny as well as the awkward. Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. Go ‘Between Two Ferns’|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Batman and Beetlejuice star is back, this time with one of the best performances of his career, in Birdman. Michael Keaton, Newly Relevant, Soars Into the Spotlight in ‘Birdman’|Alex Suskind|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of the most hotly anticipated films of the year is Birdman. Exclusive: Watch a Clip From ‘Birdman,’ Featuring an Award-Worthy Turn by Michael Keaton|Marlow Stern|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Adding a rim protector aside from the 36-year-old Birdman would certainly be nice too. Where Free Agent LeBron James Will Take His Talents Next|Robert Silverman|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was lucky enough to have a family that brought broccoli; birdman hunted the local seagulls. Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison|Daniel Genis|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Such services should be rendered freely and gladly by one birdman to another, he declared 259 laughingly. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune|Wilbur Lawton So away ran Nancy down stairs to her papa, while the birdman put down his cage at the door. The Looking-Glass for the Mind|M. Berquin He was sent crashing down to satisfy the vengeance in toll for the life of the birdman he had taken. Air Service Boys in the Big Battle|Charles Amory Beach "That feels better," said the birdman, as he stretched out on a couch. Tom Swift and his Photo Telephone|Victor Appleton A birdman had also paid the great debt on the side of Petain's men. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines|Charles Amory Beach
British Dictionary definitions for birdman
noun plural -mena man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist a man who attempts to fly using his own muscle power an obsolete informal name for airman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |