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Webster 1913 Edition


Crowder

Crowd′er

(kroud′ẽr)
,
Noun.
One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler.
[Obs.]
“Some blind crowder.”
Sir P. Sidney.

Crowd′er

,
Noun.
One who crowds or pushes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crowder

CROWDER

,
Noun.
A fiddler; one who plays on a crowd.

Definition 2024


Crowder

Crowder

See also: crowder

English

Proper noun

Crowder

  1. An occupational surname for a crowder, or someone who plays a crwth.
  2. A town in Mississippi.
  3. A town in Oklahoma.

crowder

crowder

See also: Crowder

English

Noun

crowder (plural crowders)

  1. One who crowds or pushes.

Etymology 2

crowd + -er

Noun

crowder (plural crowders)

  1. One who plays on a crwth, a string instrument of Welsh origin; a fiddler.
    • Sir Philip Sidney
      Certainly, I must confess my own barbarousness, I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder []

Derived terms

  • Surnames: Crewther, Crowder, Crother, Crowther, MacWhirter, MacWhorter