any of various brown thrushlike American songbirds of the genus Toxostoma and related genera, having a long downward-curving bill and long tail: family Mimidae (mockingbirds)
Word origin
C19: perhaps from English dialect thresher, thrusher a thrush
thrasher in American English1
(ˈθræʃər)
noun
a person or thing that thrashes
thrasher in American English2
(ˈθræʃər)
noun
US
any of a group of gray to brownish American passerine birds (family Mimidae) with a long, stiff tail and a long bill, esp. the brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) of the E U.S.
Word origin
E dial. thresher, prob. akin to UNRESOLVED CROSS REF