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flutist

flutist is the alternative form of flautist.

Meaning of flautist

Noun

flautist (plural flautists)

  1. One who plays the flute.
    • The flautist Bezaly adds to the impressive list of flute concertos dedicated to her with the composer Pulkkis’s contribution to the genre.2007 July 28, Rick Jones, “Sharon Bezaly / Uljas Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden”, in Times of London

Forms of flutist

pluralflutists

Origin of flutist

Probably from Middle French flutiste, equivalent to flute + -ist. Replaced Middle English flouter (“flute player”) from Old French flauteur.

Questions about flutist

What is flutist the alternative form of?
Flutist is the alternative form of flautist.

Words near flutist in the dictionary

  1. flutiness
  2. fluting
  3. fluting around
  4. flutings
  5. flutiorex
  6. flutist
  7. flutists
  8. flutolanil
  9. flutonidine
  10. flutophone
  11. flutophones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flutist (page history and authors); flautist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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