early bird

noun

1. a person who rises at an early hour.
2. a person who arrives before others, as for the purpose of gaining some advantage:

   The early birds got the best seats for the play.

3. (initial capital letters) Aerospace. the first of the Intelsat series of communications satellites, orbited (1965) by Intelsat.

early bird

¹

noun

1. informal.
   a person who rises early or arrives in good time

Early Bird

²

noun

1. one of a number of communications satellites, the first of which was launched in 1965 into a stationary orbit and provided telephone channels between Europe and the US See also Intelsat

Word History and Origins

Origin of early bird¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“Think of yourself as an early bird when it comes to caffeine consumption,” says Zied.

From The Daily Beast

Being an early bird, I varied matters this morning by calling my officers!

From Project Gutenberg

The proverb should read, "It is the early bird that catches the bug," and different birds have different ways of going about it.

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Although they live on worms, as does Mr. Early Bird of the proverb, they do their feeding by night.

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Wal, 't 's the early bird thet ketches the worm; an' it's the early worm thet gits picked, too,—recollember that.

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The automobile tourist, not of the butterfly order, is almost invariably an early bird.

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