"twitcher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-au-twitcher.ogg Forms: twitchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From twitch + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|twitch|-er|id2=agent noun}} 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: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'eager bird watcher': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curtain twitcher

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "someone or something that twitches",
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