noun
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 notesIn 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."