"twitcher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-au-twitcher.ogg [Australia] Forms: twitchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: twitch + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|twitch|er}} twitch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} twitcher (plural twitchers)
  1. Someone or something that twitches. Translations (someone or something that twitches): nykijä (Finnish), sätkijä (Finnish), hiplari (Finnish), manischer Vogelbeobachter [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-twitcher-en-noun-xOuiO5HJ Disambiguation of 'someone or something that twitches': 99 1
  2. An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.) Categories (topical): Birdwatching Translations (eager bird watcher): twitcher [masculine] (Dutch), lintubongari (Finnish), bongari (Finnish), cocheur [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-twitcher-en-noun-IRhmAzCQ Disambiguation of Birdwatching: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'eager bird watcher': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curtain twitcher

Inflected forms

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