Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun colloq. An airwoman; an aviatress.

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  • noun a woman who works with birds
  • noun a female aviator

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Examples

  • A birdwoman in distress, a gaggle of ballet dancers and Jacko's massive balloon head.

    Kanye West's Runaway: Purple Rain or bird brains? Will Dean 2010

  • An elderly birdwoman, whose placard proclaimed her a member of the Senior Citizens Harlan Grzyb Fan Club, was trying to fight her way through the zealous Voe admirers by swinging out with her plexiglaz crutch.

    Galaxy Jane Goulart, Ron, 1933- 1986

  • It’s not just time-filling that is at stake: knitting has transformed me from a very nervous flyer into an intrepid birdwoman.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Jean 2009

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