About The Word Fiddler
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Fiddler
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What's The Definition Of Fiddler?
[n] an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
[n] someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner [n] a musician who plays the violin Synonyms | Synonyms for Fiddler: tinkerer | twiddler | violinist Related Terms | Find terms related to Fiddler: See Also | Antonio Lucio Vivaldi | Antonio Vivaldi | Efrem Zimbalist | Enesco | Fritz Kreisler | George Enescu | Georges Enesco | Grappelli | instrumentalist | Isaac Stern | Kreisler | manipulator | Menuhin | musician | Niccolo Paganini | Paganini | Pinchas Zukerman | player | Sir Yehudi Menuhin | Stephane Grappelli | Stern | unskilled person | Vivaldi | Yehudi Menuhin | Zimbalist | Zukerman Fiddler In Webster's Dictionary \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi?elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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, hence the name; -- called also
{calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
{Fiddler crab}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2.
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