name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈkɹaʊdɚ/
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/ˈkɹaʊdə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET:K R AW1 D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 2
A town in Panola County and Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
One who crowds or pushes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
One who plays on a crwth (Welsh string instrument); a fiddler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From crowder, an occupational surname for someone who played the crwth.
From crowd + -er.
From Middle English crowdere; equivalent to crowd + -er.