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birdcatcher

birdcatcher noun: someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.

Noun

birdcatcher (plural birdcatchers)

  1. Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.
    • They had therefore to make their way for Hedale, but it was only a slight path, so when the night set in they lost the track, and to make matters worse they could not find the bird catchers' hut either.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 20

birdcatcher meaning in Tamil

birdcatcher in Tamil

பாட்சிகன், குருவிக்காரன்

Forms of birdcatcher

pluralbirdcatchers
alternative formbird-catcher
alternative formbird catcher

Origin of birdcatcher

From bird + catcher.

Phrases with birdcatcher

Questions about birdcatcher

What does birdcatcher mean?
Birdcatcher means someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.
What is birdcatcher in Tamil?
Birdcatcher in Tamil is பாட்சிகன், குருவிக்காரன். See Birdcatcher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is birdcatcher?
Birdcatcher is a noun.
What is the plural of birdcatcher?
The plural of birdcatcher is birdcatchers.

Words near birdcatcher in the dictionary

  1. birdcalling
  2. birdcalls
  3. birdcam
  4. birdcams
  5. birdcare
  6. birdcatcher
  7. birdcatcher tick
  8. birdcatcher ticks
  9. birdcatchers
  10. birdcatching
  11. birdcliff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: birdcatcher (page history and authors); birdcatcher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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