birdwatchern.

Brit.

/ˈbəːdˌwɒtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈbərdˌwɑtʃər/,

/ˈbərdˌwɔtʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., watcher n.

Etymology: < bird n. + watcher n. In sense 1 as an etymologizing calque on classical Latin auspex auspex n. With sense 2 compare later birdwatch v.

†1. A person who divines by means of the flight and cries of birds; an augur, a prophet. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises

bird-conjurera1382

bird-speller1571

birdgazer1576

birdwatcher1712

orneoscopist1727

orniscopist1755

1712 W. Oldisworth in tr. Horace Odes II. i. vii. Notes upon Notes 34/1 Auspex does not signify a Favourer or Promoter of any Work or Undertaking, but a Soothsayer, a Consulter of Omens, a Bird-watcher, whenever it is applied to Person.

2. A person who observes wild birds in their natural habitats; esp. one who engages in birdwatching as a hobby or pastime.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bird-watcher

birdwatcher1803

birder1900

bird spotter1931

birdo1950

birdman1955

twitcher1974

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > bird-watching > one who

birdwatcher1803

1803 J. Kenney Society, with Other Poems 41 Pictures of the lonely bird-watcher and of the hay-field group contrasted.

1905 E. Selous (title) The bird watcher in the Shetlands.

1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour i. 13 From the bird-watcher pure and simple it is but a step to the bird-watcher naturalist.

2016 BBC Wildlife July 73/3 Birdwatchers flock here in their eagerness to see these quirky products of avian evolution-in-isolation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	birdwatcher
释义	birdwatchern. Brit. /ˈbəːdˌwɒtʃə/, U.S. /ˈbərdˌwɑtʃər/, /ˈbərdˌwɔtʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., watcher n. Etymology: < bird n. + watcher n. In sense 1 as an etymologizing calque on classical Latin auspex auspex n. With sense 2 compare later birdwatch v. †1. A person who divines by means of the flight and cries of birds; an augur, a prophet. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises bird-conjurera1382 bird-speller1571 birdgazer1576 birdwatcher1712 orneoscopist1727 orniscopist1755 1712 W. Oldisworth in tr. Horace Odes II. i. vii. Notes upon Notes 34/1 Auspex does not signify a Favourer or Promoter of any Work or Undertaking, but a Soothsayer, a Consulter of Omens, a Bird-watcher, whenever it is applied to Person. 2. A person who observes wild birds in their natural habitats; esp. one who engages in birdwatching as a hobby or pastime. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bird-watcher birdwatcher1803 birder1900 bird spotter1931 birdo1950 birdman1955 twitcher1974 the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > bird-watching > one who birdwatcher1803 1803 J. Kenney Society, with Other Poems 41 Pictures of the lonely bird-watcher and of the hay-field group contrasted. 1905 E. Selous (title) The bird watcher in the Shetlands. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour i. 13 From the bird-watcher pure and simple it is but a step to the bird-watcher naturalist. 2016 BBC Wildlife July 73/3 Birdwatchers flock here in their eagerness to see these quirky products of avian evolution-in-isolation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1712
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