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lut⋅ist

  [loo-tist]
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–noun
1. a lute player; lutenist.
2. a maker of lutes.
Origin:
1620–30; lute 1 + -ist
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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.]
lut·ist   (lōō'tĭst)   
n.   Music

  1. A maker of lutes.

  2. See lutenist.

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