fiddler

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. One who plays the fiddle.
  2. One who fiddles; a cheat.
  3. One who fiddles or tweaks.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.
  7. (UK, obsolete, slang) A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.
  8. (slang) The capstan-house on a steamer.

Sinonieme

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threadfin trevally

threadfinned trevally

Frekwensie

21k
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈfɪdələ(ɹ)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddl(e) + -er. * (capstan-house): So called because the fiddle would sometimes be played to cheer the sailors working there.

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