Oct 5, 2001 08:29
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German term
United States
der Vogelsteller
Non-PRO
German to English
Art/Literary
"das Grabmal ... des Vogelstellers und seiner Gemahlin..."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | birdcatcher |
Mary Worby
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| 4 | the birder |
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Proposed translations
20 mins
Mary Worby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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As far as I can work out from the hits on Google, its a hunter who catches birds!
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the birder
the tomb...of the birder and his wife
A Vogelsteller is a bird catcher/trapper.
Nowadays you use the word "birder" for bird watchers, but in the old days it also meant someone who caught birds and sold them.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birder \Bird"er\, n.
A birdcatcher.
A Vogelsteller is a bird catcher/trapper.
Nowadays you use the word "birder" for bird watchers, but in the old days it also meant someone who caught birds and sold them.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birder \Bird"er\, n.
A birdcatcher.
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