fluter

American  

[floo-ter] / ˈflu tər /

noun

1. a person who makes flutings.

2. Archaic. a flutist.

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fluter British  

/ ˈfluːtə /

noun

1. a craftsman who makes flutes or fluting

2. a tool used to make flutes or fluting

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

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Etymology

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- -or ² or -ātōr- -ator

Example Sentences

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fluter

And deep among the valleys A far, sweet sound was heard— Some fluter in the forest That like a magic bird Sang of the unseen heavens And mystic Way and Word.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

The shepherd with his staff now obliged them to move on; but no sooner did the fluter begin again than his innocent auditors again returned to him.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

The fluter played still more sweet and beautiful strains.

From Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)

The shepherd with his staff now obliged them to move on; but no sooner did the fluter begin again to play, than his innocent auditors again returned to him.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

He wasn't much of a fluter, playing mostly from notes, and often picking them out so slow that you'd forget what the tune began like.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd