"birdcatcher" meaning in English

See birdcatcher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: birdcatchers [plural]
Etymology: From 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: birdcatcher tick, 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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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auceps"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kuşcu",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "word": "قوشجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passarinheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pticelóv",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "птицело́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eunadair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "word": "vtáčník"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pajarero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fågelfängare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "word": "kuşçu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "yqš",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "word": "𐎊𐎖𐎌"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bödifanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bödihifanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bödijifanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adarwr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "birdcatcher"
}

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