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# fiddler

noun (a fiddler, fiddlers)

«fiddler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fiddler is a person who plays the fiddle, which is a violin, especially in folk, country or Irish music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#m1)
2. A fiddler crab is a small crab where the male has one huge claw that he waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#m2)
3. (UK, informal) A fiddler is someone who cheats a little, for example by changing numbers on forms to get money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons and stories it is a folk musician playing at a dance or ceilidh. In nursery rhymes Old King Cole called for his fiddlers three. Phrases: «a folk fiddler», «fiddler crab», «Fiddler on the Roof».

### Examples

- The fiddler played a fast Irish jig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x1)
- Old King Cole called for his fiddlers three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x2)
- Everyone danced when the fiddler started playing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x3)
- The fiddler crab waved its giant claw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x4)
- My grandad was a fiddler in a country band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x5)
- A fiddler and a piper played at the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x6)
- (UK, informal) The boss found out he was a fiddler who changed his work hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x7)
- The street fiddler had a hat for coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x8)
- The Fiddler got back to the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/#x9)

### Note

Countable. A fiddle and a violin are the same instrument; «fiddle» is used for folk music. «Fiddle» also means to play with something nervously («stop fiddling with your pen»), but a «fiddler» usually means the musician.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fiddler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiddler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fiddler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fiddler.html) on Mova free.