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/flˈutɪst/ /flˈaʊtɪst/ Listen

noun

Flutist n.

A performer on the flute; a flautist.

To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.

To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result. " No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit, That once so fluttered, and that once so writ."

To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty. " Long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success." " His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering."

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Etymology of 'Flutist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flutist" Quotes from Famous Books

... another composer who possessed a musical wife. He came of a musical family, his father being a flutist, while his mother played the piano and sang. Ludwig took up the violin at five years of age, and at six was able to take part in concerted music. His compositions began at about the same time. After a youth of earnest study, long practice, and successful tours, ...

— Woman's Work in Music • Arthur Elson

... psaltery"—I mean the violins, 'cellos, clarionets, and bassoons which it supplanted. The music of the village musicians in the west gallery was certainly not of the highest order. The instruments were often out of tune, and the fiddle-player and the flutist were often at logger-heads; but it was a sad pity when their labours were brought to an end, and the mechanical organ took their place. The very fact that all these players took a keen interest in the conduct of Divine service was in ...

— The Parish Clerk (1907) • Peter Hampson Ditchfield