lutanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lutanist
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Few had heard of John Dowland, the great lutanist of his time in England.
From Time Magazine Archive
A contemporary of Bach's wrote that if a lutanist lived to be 80, he would spend 60 years merely tuning his instrument.
From Time Magazine Archive
He rarely went home to his small and dull town of Venosa, instead lived in nearby Naples, gathered the finest Renaissance musicians and poets around him, and himself became famed as a lutanist and singer.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 34, Bream is in demand throughout Europe and America as the undisputed successor to the grand master of the classical guitar, Andres Segovia, and as a lutanist already beyond comparison.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of dropping down dead on the lute for envy, she thought it better to run away with the lutanist for love.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
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