Definition of 'birdman'

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birdman in British

(ˈbɜːdˌmæn , -mən)

noun plural -men

a man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist

a man who attempts to fly using his own muscle power

3. an obsolete informal name for airman

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birdman in American

(ˈbɜrdˌmæn ; bʉrdˈmanˌ; ˈbɜrdmən ; bʉrdˈmən)

nounWord forms: plural ˈbirdˌmen (ˈbɜrdˌmɛn ; bʉrdˈmenˌ; ˈbɜrdmən ; bʉrdˈmən)

a person whose work deals with birds

2. Informal, Obsolete

an aviator

Example sentences containing 'birdman'

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She told Nurse Ackroyd, `Our birdman 's been asking after you, Gwen. Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LIONAnd it was smart and exciting to be a ` birdman ", about, this summer of 1917, to be posted to France. Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LIONGwen, rumpling the hair of the birdman who'd called her princess. Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION

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Used Rarely. birdman is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of birdman from the Collins English Dictionary

Used to

The verb used to is a‘marginal’ modal verb. Unlike the other modal verbs, it is only found in the past tense. Therefore, when it is used with do to make negatives and questions, the form of the auxil...