ornithologist (n.)

"one who makes a special study of birds," 1670s, from ornithology + -ist.

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"scientific study or knowledge of birds," 1670s, from Modern Latin ornithologia (1590s); see ornitho- + -logy.

word-forming element meaning "one who does or makes," also used to indicate adherence to a certain doctrine or custom, from French -iste and directly from Latin -ista (source also of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian -ista), from Greek agent-noun ending -istes, which is from -is-, ending of the stem of verbs in -izein, + agential suffix -tes.

Variant -ister (as in chorister, barrister) is from Old French -istre, on false analogy of ministre. Variant -ista is from Spanish, popularized in American English 1970s by names of Latin-American revolutionary movements.

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ornithologist (n.)

a zoologist who studies birds;

Synonyms: bird watcher

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