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lu⋅ta⋅nist

  [loot-n-ist]
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–noun
lutenist.
Origin:
1590–1600

lu⋅te⋅nist

  [loot-n-ist]
–noun
a person who plays the lute.
Also, lutanist.

Origin:
1590–1600; < ML lūtānista, deriv. of lūtāna lute; see -ist
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lu·ta·nist   (lōōt'n-ĭst)   
n.  Variant of lutenist.
lu·te·nist also lu·ta·nist   (lōōt'n-ĭst)   
n.  A lute player. Also called lutist.

[Medieval Latin lūtānista, from lūtāna, lute, possibly from Old French lut; see lute1.]
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