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

Guffey says Josephine’s father heard her scream on a baby monitor Saturday morning and rushed in to try to disarm Fluter, receiving a cut on his hand.

From Washington Times

Fluter was initially charged with two counts of first-degree assault and four counts of wanton endangerment.

From Washington Times

Reaction to the interview, which was published on fluter, an otherwise little-read Web magazine sponsored by a government-financed NGO aimed at increasing civic participation, was immense.

From New York Times

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg