lu·thi·er

[loo-tee-er]
noun
a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.

Origin:
1875–80; < French, equivalent to luth lute1 + -ier -ier2

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luthier
"lute-maker," 1879, from Fr. luthier, from luth (see lute).
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