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

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

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

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

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.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter

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)

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