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fiddler

DEFINITIONS OF: fiddler

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n someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

Synonyms:
twiddler
Type of:
manipulator
a person who handles things manually

n an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend

Synonyms:
tinkerer
Type of:
unskilled person
a person who lacks technical training

n a musician who plays the violin

Synonyms:
violinist
Examples:
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Arcangelo Corelli
Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713)
Georges Enesco
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
Stephane Grappelli
French jazz violinist (1908-1997)
Joseph Joachim
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
Fritz Kreisler
United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962)
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)
Niccolo Paganini
Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)
Isaac Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)
Efrem Zimbalist
United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)
Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli violinist (born in 1948)
Type of:
instrumentalist, musician, player
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
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