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lutenist

American  
[loot-n-ist] / ˈlut n ɪst /
Or lutanist

noun

  1. a person who plays the lute.


lutenist British  
/ ˈluːtɪst, ˈluːtənɪst /

noun

  1. a person who plays the lute

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lutenist

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin lūtānista, derivative of lūtāna lute; see -ist

Example Sentences

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Said to have been an extraordinary lutenist, Dowland was ever conniving, ever complaining, ever in debt, ever ingratiating himself in court, ever scheming.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020

In this sense, measuring time irreversibility might reflect how singular a particular composer’s style is—the difference, say, between the gaudy violinist Nicolo Paganini and the melancholy lutenist John Dowland.

From Scientific American • Aug. 19, 2020

Have you ever wondered, perhaps in a darker moment, what an album featuring noted lutenist Sting crooning alongside sporadic novelty hitmaker Shaggy might sound like?

From The Guardian • May 5, 2018

The mustachioed lutenist plays despite his sorrows, and he looks a lot like John the Baptist in the earlier painting: a lot, that is, like Valentin himself.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2016

The Englishman was John Dowland, a Londoner and exact contemporary of Shakespeare who spent some of his most fruitfully creative years as the extravagandy paid official lutenist to King Christian IV of Denmark.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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