birdcatcher

English

Alternative forms

• bird-catcher
• bird catcher

Etymology

bird +‎ catcher

Noun

birdcatcher (plural birdcatchers)

1. Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 20:

     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.

Related terms

• bird-catcher tree
• birdcatching

Translations

a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl

• Catalan: ocellaire m
• Czech: ptáčník (cs) m
• Esperanto: birdkaptisto
• Finnish: linnunpyytäjä
• French: oiseleur (fr) m, oiseleuse (fr) f
• German: Vogelfänger m, Vogelfängerin f, Vogeljäger m, Vogeljägerin f, Vogelsteller m, Vogelstellerin f
• Greek: πτηνοθήρας m (ptinothíras)

  Ancient: ἰξευτής m (ixeutḗs)

• Hungarian: madarász (hu)
• Irish: gaisteoir éan m
• Italian: uccellatore (it) m
• Japanese: 鳥刺し (torisashi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: teyrgir (ku)

• Latin: auceps m
• Ottoman Turkish: قوشجی (kuşcu)
• Portuguese: passarinheiro m
• Russian: птицело́в (ru) m (pticelóv)
• Scottish Gaelic: eunadair m
• Slovak: vtáčník
• Spanish: pajarero (es) m
• Swedish: fågelfängare (sv) c
• Turkish: kuşçu (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎖𐎌 (yqš)
• Volapük: (♂♀) bödifanan (vo), (♂) bödihifanan, (♀) bödijifanan
• Welsh: adarwr m