fiddler.
One who plays the fiddle.
Meaning & usage
One who plays the fiddle.
One who fiddles; a cheat.
One who fiddles or tweaks.
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.
The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.
A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.
A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.
The capstan-house on a steamer.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddl(e) + -er. * (capstan-house): So called because the fiddle would sometimes be played to cheer the sailors working there.
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