fiddler
See also: Fiddler
English
Etymology
From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddle + er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪdələ(ɹ)/, /ˈfɪdlə(ɹ)/
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Noun
fiddler (plural fiddlers)
- One who plays the fiddle.
- One who fiddles; a cheat.
- 2005, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The drama of my life (in The Independent online, )
- We were the self-controlled, cautious, nifty merchants, decorous fiddlers of accounts, hoarders of wealth, excellent bribers, family and community creatures governed by manners.
- 2005, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The drama of my life (in The Independent online, )
- 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.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.
Synonyms
- fiddlist, fiddleist (both dated)
Derived terms
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Translations
one who plays the fiddle
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Anagrams
- Friddle