Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who plays the flute; a flutist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flutist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A player on the flute; a flutist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
plays theflute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays the flute
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On that tour, Kerr, a flautist, is also believed to have acquired three pieces found in the same folder as the concerto.
Vivaldi flute concerto discovered Severin Carrell 2010
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Georgie, just back from sexually harassing the German PM and a flautist, is the only man on earth who could then say – look I’m not a racist I have a Black friend.
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It wasn't all that odd to see a costumed musician walking the Faire, but a flautist was a rarity, and the morose melodies he chose were definitely out of keeping with the "merrye spirit of Olde England" that everyone else was projecting.
Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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Saying this, he drew out the little mahogany case which held his flute, and coolly took the pieces and fitted them together, before crossing his legs upon the rough seat and beginning to blow, keeping up a series of the most doleful old Scotch and Irish laments, while the oxen plodded on and the police rode by the wagon side, listening and looking in vain for any sign tending to point out the fact that the flautist was a dishonest dealer in the coveted crystals which were so hard to get, but all the same keeping a keen look-out for danger in the shape of advancing Boers.
A Dash from Diamond City George Manville Fenn 1870
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Boehm was born in Munich, Bavaria (now Germany) and was a flautist in the Royal Bavarian Orchestra.
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Mr. Speed, who will present Skirl's most recent artists—flautist Leah Paul and tenor saxophonist Travis Laplant—at Wednesday's showcase, contends there is no other option.
Dancing in the Swirl of Skirl Steve Dollar 2011
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We have musicians here who play for people who've just come out of surgery - a flautist goes up and plays for them and these patients, who are in tremendous pain, at the end of the playing, they are almost pain-free.
Listening to music can prompt the brain to send positive signals throughout the body 2011
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I started taking lessons on bass guitar at 59-years-old, and two years later I am able to hold my own with an experienced flautist and pianist, with whom I jam once a week.
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For his own phone, Mr. Oosting favors a tune performed by flautist Andrea Griminelli with the London Symphony Orchestra, because "it is elegant and when it rings, it doesn't seem to disturb others."
Setting the Right Tone With Your Cellphone Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011
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Soaring Eagle: Frederick the Great was also a flautist and composer.
jennarenn commented on the word flautist
Also known as a flutist or floutist.
April 27, 2007
yarb commented on the word flautist
One who has it and flauts it.
April 1, 2008
frindley commented on the word flautist
So what exactly is it that you do to floors?
April 21, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word flautist
So you think maybe you'll be a prostitute,
Just to pay for your lessons, you're learning the flute,
The ladies won't pay you very much for this,
Looks like you'll never be a concert flautist.
-- "Inner City Pressure", by Flight of the Conchords
April 21, 2008
sionnach commented on the word flautist
So you think maybe you'll be a strumpet,
Just to pay for your lessons, you're learning the trumpet,
It's true that the gents like their bit o' crumpet,
But that don't make your idea any less dumb, pet.
"Tart Tartare", by Foxydoggerel.
April 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word flautist
HAHAHAHA! Top drawer, sionnach. HAHAHA!
April 21, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word flautist
So you think maybe you'll be a doggerelist,
Just to pass the time till you make your next list,
The Wordies gather 'round and they start to talk
"It's nice, pterodactyl, but you're no sionnach."
April 21, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word flautist
My piano teacher, who was also a flute teacher, would say, "I am not a flautist. I do not play the flaut."
April 30, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word flautist
I like your piano teacher.
April 30, 2010
reesetee commented on the word flautist
Milos, how did your piano teacher pronounce "pianist"?
May 4, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word flautist
With the a as in smackdown, not as in awe-inspiring. The same way he pronounced piano, his two of which he always doughtily defended from torch-and-trebuchet-wielding mobs.
May 4, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word flautist
... I want to be in a trebuchet-wielding mob.
May 4, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word flautist
C_B, you could be your own awe-inspiring, trebuchet-wielding mob. Just... please... whatever you do... don't set the pianos on fire.
May 4, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word flautist
No problem. *tries to wield trebuchet*
*fails*
May 4, 2010
reesetee commented on the word flautist
*hands broken trebuchet back to chained*
Here. It's always toughest the first time you wield one.
May 14, 2010