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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who plays the flute; a flutist.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A flutist.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One who plays the flute.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A player on the flute; a flutist.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who plays the flute

Etymologies

  1. From Old French flaute +‎ -ist. (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian flautista, from flauto, flute, from Old Provençal flaüt; see flute. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • reesetee *hands broken trebuchet back to chained*

    Here. It's always toughest the first time you wield one. May 14, 2010

  • chained_bear No problem. *tries to wield trebuchet*

    *fails* May 4, 2010

  • ruzuzu 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 ... I want to be in a trebuchet-wielding mob. May 4, 2010

  • milosrdenstvi 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

  • reesetee Milos, how did your piano teacher pronounce "pianist"? May 4, 2010

  • chained_bear I like your piano teacher. Apr 30, 2010

  • milosrdenstvi My piano teacher, who was also a flute teacher, would say, "I am not a flautist. I do not play the flaut." Apr 30, 2010

  • pterodactyl 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."
    Apr 21, 2008

  • gangerh HAHAHAHA! Top drawer, sionnach. HAHAHA! Apr 21, 2008

  • sionnach
    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. Apr 21, 2008

  • pterodactyl 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 Apr 21, 2008

  • frindley So what exactly is it that you do to floors? Apr 21, 2008

  • yarb One who has it and flauts it. Mar 31, 2008

  • jennarenn Also known as a flutist or floutist. Apr 27, 2007

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