flutern.

/ˈfluːtə/

Etymology: < flute v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old French fleuteur.

1. One who plays on the flute; a flute-player. Now rare; replaced by flutist n. or flautist n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > flute-player

fluterc1400

flute1542

flutist1603

fluteress1611

flute-player1633

flutenist1647

tibicen1776

tibicinist1776

aulete1847

flute-girl1853

flautist1860

c1400 Rom. Rose 763 These floutours, Minstrales and eek Iogelours.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiii ^v/1 A Fluter, aulœdus.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 21 June (1972) VII. 174 I saw..a picture of a Fluter playing on his Flute.

1796 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 21 499 Not a single fluter was to be found in the temple.

1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 440 You, fluter, with your silver flute!

2. One who makes flutings or grooves.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who shapes > specific shape

squarer1422

bower1579

baller1825

fluter1858

beveller?1881

rounder?1881

slabber1921

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fluter, one who grooves or channels metals;..a person who goffers or plaits.

Derivatives

† ˈfluteress n. Obsolete a female flute-player.

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