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flautist

[ flaw-tist, flou- ]

noun



flautist

/ ˈfluːtɪst; ˈflɔːtɪst /

noun

  1. a player of the flute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flautist1

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

Origin of flautist1

C19: from Italian flautista , from flauto flute
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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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