flautist

[ flaw-tist, flou- ]

noun

Origin of flautist

1
1855–60; <Italian flautista, equivalent to flaut(o) flute + -ista-ist

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How to use flautist in a sentence

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

    Ghosts I Have Seen | Violet Tweedale

British Dictionary definitions for flautist

flautist

US and Canadian flutist (ˈfluːtɪst)

/ (ˈflɔːtɪst) /


noun
  1. a player of the flute

Origin of flautist

1
C19: from Italian flautista, from flauto flute

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