A person who plays the fiddle (violin), especially in folk or country music traditions. Can also refer to someone who fidgets or tinkers with things unnecessarily.
From 'fiddle' plus agent suffix '-er'. 'Fiddle' comes from Old English 'fithele' and Latin 'vitula', possibly related to 'vitulari' meaning 'to celebrate'. The secondary meaning of 'tinkering' developed from the restless motion associated with fidgeting.
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