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Definition of Birdman
1. n. A fowler or birdcatcher.
2. n. An aviator; airman.
Definition of Birdman
1. Noun. a man who works with birds ¹
2. Noun. an aviator ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Birdman
1. one who keeps birds [n BIRDMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdman
Literary usage of Birdman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carnegie Tech War Verse by Carnegie Institute of Technology (1918)
"To a Dead birdman His Mother Speaks I have laid you in a place of leaves Marbled
by the moonlight, Calm, so calm, that my heart is silent in pain. ..."
2. Aviation Medicine in the A. E. F. by William Holland Wilmer (1920)
"So many contradictory requirements for "picking the birdman" have been stated by
... Even after the "birdman" is selected, he may prove a wonderful flier ..."
3. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"birdman We used to speak of "a bird's-eye view" of things as descriptive of a
... A better phrase now would be "a birdman's view," because a birdman's eye ..."
4. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"Besides multiple fractures of various kinds, the birdman suffers the peril of
fire from his explosive fuel (gasoline) in case of a fall. ..."
5. Aero and Hydro: America's Aviation Weekly by Aero Club of Illinois (1912)
"Spying Ruel trying to crawl underneath the fence, it tore after him and would
have got him but for the presence of mind of James, tbe daring birdman. ..."
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