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Definition of Bird fancier
1. Noun. A person with a strong interest in birds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bird Fancier
Literary usage of Bird fancier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"THE CAGE BIRD AND THE BIRD-FANCIER. " There the treasured singing pet In his
narrow cage is set, Welcoming the beams that come Upon his gilded prison-home. ..."
2. How to Do it: Or, Directions for Knowing and Doing Everything Needful (1864)
"THE CANARY bird fancier. Foil tiis amusement of our leisure hours, I know not
that a more innocent or rational pursuit can be recommended than that of ..."
3. Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West by Alexander Stewart (1883)
"... and other birds, for a wealthy gentleman in the south, who is a great bird-fancier.
Let him only once get to their habitat, and Mackenzie is just the ..."
4. The Annals of Stockton-on-Tees with Biographical Notices by Henry Heavisides (1865)
"... on the coffin plate stated her age to be 117 ; but, if the above birth be
correct, she must have been in her 122nd year. BOBBY DOWSE Y, bird fancier. ..."
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