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fluter|ˈfluːtə(r)|
[f. flute v. + -er1. Cf. OF. fleuteur.]
1. One who plays on the flute; a flute-player. Now rare; replaced by flutist or flautist.
c1400Rom. Rose 763 These floutours, Minstrales and eek Iogelours. 1570Levins Manip. 73 A Fluter, aulœdus. 1666Pepys Diary 21 June, I saw.. a picture of a fluter playing on his flute. 1796W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXI. 499 Not a single fluter was to be found in the temple. 1856Masson Ess., Th. of Poetry 440 You, fluter, with your silver flute!
2. One who makes flutings or grooves.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Fluter, one who grooves or channels metals;..a person who goffers or plaits.
Hence † ˈfluteress a female flute-player.
1611Cotgr., Fleuteuse, a fluteresse; a woman that playes on a flute. |