flautist

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Carmine, my grandfather, came to America and it was really because of his skills as a flautist -- he was a first chair flautist for Toscanini -- that we kind of came out of, I mean really, an almost poverty-like situation.

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  • Your part in the programme was as flautist, you told me, with an occasional gravitation to the piano. —  The Death-Cap Dancers - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 59: 1981
  • Orlando "MARACA" Valle is a world renown flautist, composer and bandleader of Latin Jazz, —  Westword | Complete Issue
  • This place was packed to the rafters - mostly with American students but it was a great evening - with a flamenco dancer flautist, guitarist and a singer. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • A harpist with a flute player, (referred to as a "flautist") are among the most popular instrumentation, often with the addition of a cellist. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Classical flautist, Brandon George, disproves the maxim that "no prophet is praised in his own land." —  daytondailynews.com - News
 

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  1. Italian flautista, from flauto, flute, from Old Provençal flaüt; see flute.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Italian flautista = Spanish flautista = English flutist, q. v.
 

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/ˈflɔtɪst/
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