fiddler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a musician who plays the violin
    violinist.
  2. noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
    twiddler.
  3. noun an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
    tinkerer.

WordNet

Fid"dler noun
Etymology
AS. fielere.
Definitions
  1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
  2. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.

Webster 1913