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crowder

KROW-duh
noun
1
Someone who plays the crwth, an old Welsh bowed string instrument; more loosely, a fiddler.
"The travelling crowder played jigs at the village fair."

How to Use Crowder

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA rare, old-fashioned word for a fiddle player.

Word Forms

crowders plural, crowders plural, Crowders plural

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Etymology

From "crowd" (an old name for a stringed instrument) plus "-er."

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