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flau⋅tist

[flaw-tist, flou-]
–noun
flutist.

Origin:
1855–60; < It flautista, equiv. to flaut(o) flute + -ista -ist

flut⋅ist

[floo-tist]
–noun
a flute player.
Also, flautist.


Origin:
1595–1605; flute + -ist; see flautist
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flau·tist   (flô'tĭst, flou'-)   
n.  One who plays the flute; a flutist.

[Italian flautista, from flauto, flute, from Old Provençal flaüt; see flute.]
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Word Origin & History

flautist 
1860, from It. flautista, from flauto "flute" (from L. flauta, see flute) + Gk.-derived suffix -ista.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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