birdman
Americannoun
plural
birdmen-
an ornithologist.
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a bird watcher.
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a person who keeps or tends birds.
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a person who hunts birds for food or sport; fowler.
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Informal. aviator.
noun
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a man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist
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a man who attempts to fly using his own muscle power
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an obsolete informal name for airman
Etymology
Origin of birdman
Example Sentences
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Porto Rico, also starring Viggo Mortensen, will be executive produced by Alejandro G Iñárritu, the Oscar-winning director of Birdman and The Revenant.
From BBC
Among the studio's major achievements is its work on the 2014 Best Picture "Birdman," where visual effects created the impression of the film being shot in a single take.
From Barron's
Barantini singles out 2014’s “Birdman,” which Alejandro G. Iñárritu designed to resemble one continuous take, as a visual inspiration for the Sheeran special; the singer himself mentions the famous scene from “Goodfellas” where Martin Scorsese’s camera follows Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco into the Copacabana nightclub.
From Los Angeles Times
The prison was also made famous by the 1962 film, Birdman of Alcatraz, starring Burt Lancaster, about the convicted murderer Robert Stroud, who while serving a life sentence on the prison island developed an interest in birds and went on to become an expert ornithologist.
From BBC
Surfing YouTube for throat whistlers, Saxon came across a former circus performer named Paul “The Birdman” Manalatos who had developed a signature coo.
From Los Angeles Times
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