fluter

[floo-ter]

noun

a person who makes flutings.

Archaic. a flutist.

Origin of fluter

1350–1400; Middle English flouter, floutour < Old French fleuteur, flauteor, equivalent to flaut(er) to play the flute + -eur, -eor < Latin -ōr- -or² or -ātōr- -ator

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Examples from the Web for fluter

Historical Examples of fluter

An' the old-witch boy is a fluter, an' when the old lady want to dance it's the same boy playing for the old lady.
Jamaican Song and Story
Walter Jekyll

British Dictionary definitions for fluter

fluter

noun

a craftsman who makes flutes or fluting

a tool used to make flutes or fluting

a less common word, used esp in folk music, for flautist

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