Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: tinkerer, twiddler, violinist

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

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