| 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 n. Informal
[From the expression "The early bird catches the worm".] ear'ly-bird' (ûr'lē-bûrd') adj. |