"birdcatcher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: birdcatchers [plural]
Etymology: bird + catcher Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{compound|en|bird|catcher}} bird + catcher Head templates: {{en-noun}} birdcatcher (plural birdcatchers)
  1. Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bird-catcher, bird catcher Related terms: bird-catcher tree, birdcatching Translations (a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl): ἰξευτής (ixeutḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ocellaire [masculine] (Catalan), ptáčník [masculine] (Czech), birdkaptisto (Esperanto), linnunpyytäjä (Finnish), oiseleur [masculine] (French), oiseleuse [feminine] (French), Vogelfänger [masculine] (German), Vogelfängerin [feminine] (German), Vogeljäger [masculine] (German), Vogeljägerin [feminine] (German), Vogelsteller [masculine] (German), Vogelstellerin [feminine] (German), πτηνοθήρας (ptinothíras) [masculine] (Greek), madarász (Hungarian), gaisteoir éan [masculine] (Irish), uccellatore [masculine] (Italian), 鳥刺し (torisashi) (Japanese), auceps [masculine] (Latin), teyrgir (Northern Kurdish), قوشجی (kuşcu) (Ottoman Turkish), passarinheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), птицело́в (pticelóv) [masculine] (Russian), eunadair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), vtáčník (Slovak), pajarero [masculine] (Spanish), fågelfängare [common-gender] (Swedish), kuşçu (Turkish), 𐎊𐎖𐎌 (yqš) (Ugaritic), bödifanan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), bödihifanan [masculine] (Volapük), bödijifanan [feminine] (Volapük), adarwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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