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Flutist
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| flutist (ˈfluːtɪst) | |
| —n | |
| chiefly (US), (Canadian) a variant of flautist | |
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Word Origin & History
flutist
c.1600, probably from Fr. flûtiste; replaced M.E. flouter (c.1400) and is preferred in U.S. The British preference is flautist (q.v.), a Continental reborrowing that returns the original diphthong.
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