fiddler

[ fid-ler ]
/ ˈfɪd lər /

noun

a person who plays a fiddle.
a person who dawdles or trifles.

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Origin of fiddler

before 1100; Middle English, Old English fithelere; cognate with Dutch vedelaar, German Fiedler. See fiddle, -er1

Words nearby fiddler

fiddle-faddle, fiddle-footed, fiddleback, fiddleback spider, fiddlehead, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks
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British Dictionary definitions for fiddler

fiddler
/ (ˈfɪdlə) /

noun

a person who plays the fiddle, esp in folk music
See fiddler crab
a person who wastes time or acts aimlessly
informal a cheat or petty rogue
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