flautist

[ flaw-tist, flou- ]

noun

1. flutist.

flautist

/ ˈflɔːtɪst; ˈfluːtɪst /

noun

1. a player of the flute

Word History and Origins

Origin of flautist¹

1855–60; < Italian flautista, equivalent to flaut ( o ) flute + -ista -ist

Word History and Origins

Origin of flautist¹

C19: from Italian flautista , from flauto flute

Example Sentences

Desplat was, as he puts it, “a rather good flautist—like Henry Mancini was, actually.”

From The Daily Beast

He was a good flautist, and composed several operas for Schikaneder's company, which he joined as a vocalist in 1784.

From Project Gutenberg

It pleased the young men musically-inclined and bohemian by profession to patronise the flautist, whom they declared marvellous.

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James Paisible, flautist and composer, who set this charming song to music, was born about 1656.

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Jim rocked through the crowd, in his tall hat, looking for the flautist.

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He might have been a flautist, and he played with a catching lilt, a luxurious abandon that was an incarnation of Nature.

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