Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who plays the flute.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A performer on the flute; a flute-player.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A performer on the flute; a flautist.
- noun To move with quick vibrations or undulations
- noun To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result.
- noun To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty.
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- noun One who
plays theflute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays the flute
Etymologies
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Examples
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Can someone trace the etomology of: adroit skin flutist
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I thought the only difference between a flautist and a flutist is the pay.
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And Claire Chase is the kind of flutist who takes the instrument to all sorts of musical and technical extremes, far, far beyond what most flutists try for or even think possible.
Congratulations, Big Congratulations Lisa Hirsch 2008
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And Claire Chase is the kind of flutist who takes the instrument to all sorts of musical and technical extremes, far, far beyond what most flutists try for or even think possible.
Archive 2008-11-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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Co-founded and directed by flutist Susan Greenberg and pianist Delores Stevens, the series naturally favors works for those instruments.
Rodney Punt: World Premiere by Peter Golub at Chamber Music Palisades Rodney Punt 2010
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There is songwriter, lead vocalist, and flutist, Johnny Burkemeister, and his brother Arlo Burkemeister who plays a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar.
Albatross Antics Jeff Geiger 2011
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In her company debut in the fourth concerto's duo with Shostac, flutist Brook Ellen Schoenwald was far more than just a worthy echo.
Rodney Punt: The Brandenburgs Are Their Brand: LACO's Six Concertos of J.S. Bach Rodney Punt 2011
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Johnny Burkemeister, lead vocals and flutist of the band Albatross Antics, sits on his bed thinking in silence.
Albatross Antics Jeff Geiger 2011
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In her company debut in the fourth concerto's duo with Shostac, flutist Brook Ellen Schoenwald was far more than just a worthy echo.
Rodney Punt: The Brandenburgs Are Their Brand: LACO's Six Concertos of J.S. Bach Rodney Punt 2011
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Upcoming performances include the folk duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer on Oct. 30, the Bang on a Can All-Stars in an all-Steve Reich program on Nov. 11, the eclectic group Punch Brothers with mandolin player Chris Thile on Nov. 12, Kris Kristofferson in a recital of solo voice and guitar on Nov. 13, and the guitarist Ana Vidovic with flutist Anastasia Petanova on Nov. 18.
Washington is once again taking pride of place in its classical guitar tradition Anne Midgette 2010
jennarenn commented on the word flutist
Also known as a flautist or floutist.
April 27, 2007
fer_k commented on the word flutist
And also fluter, like Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary: "I saw...a picture of a fluter playing on his flute." (!)
September 29, 2007
frindley commented on the word flutist
If a player of the lute is a lutenist and a maker of lutes a luthier, why oh why can't us flute players be flutenists and the makers of our instruments fluthiers?
April 1, 2008