A person who captures or traps wild birds, either professionally or as a sport.
Compound of 'bird' and 'catcher,' emerging as a distinct profession in medieval Europe. Birdcatchers were sometimes valued for providing birds for falconry or as food, though the practice became increasingly controversial.
The profession of birdcatching has an interesting parallel to modern animal control—what was once seen as a respectable trade catching songbirds for cages is now largely illegal and viewed as animal cruelty, showing how our entire moral framework around animals has shifted dramatically in just a few centuries.
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