"first fiddle" meaning in All languages combined

See first fiddle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: first fiddles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first fiddle (plural first fiddles)
  1. The fiddle part generally carrying the melody. Categories (topical): Musicians
    Sense id: en-first_fiddle-en-noun-B3~T6yfQ Disambiguation of Musicians: 21 39 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 33 32
  2. The player of the first fiddle part. Categories (topical): Musicians Synonyms: lead fiddle Related terms: fiddle, fiddler, second fiddle
    Sense id: en-first_fiddle-en-noun-z2BzxV-L Disambiguation of Musicians: 21 39 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 45 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 33 32
  3. One who takes a leading part in anything. Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-first_fiddle-en-noun-oLwOl4e4 Disambiguation of Musicians: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of People: 1 43 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 33 32

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for first fiddle meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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