flautist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flautist
1855–60; < Italian flautista, equivalent to flaut ( o ) flute + -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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But he's just as comfortable ceding the spotlight to Little Simz, or chuckling as he trades riffs with flautist Ajay Prasanna.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
For singer and flautist Miadhachlughain O'Donnell, from County Down, the scale of what the group are now doing would have seemed unimaginable during that first performance.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
By the ‘90s, the instrument had become somewhat passé in rock, but the experimental New York band Mercury Rev made artful use of flautist Suzanne Thorpe, as on this highlight from 1993’s “Boces.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
A new BBC documentary - Dementia, Music and Us - follows the work of Manchester Camerata and its principal flautist Amina Hussain.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2022
I stumbled on my part, too lost in reverie, and the flautist fixed me with a look most vexed.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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