flutenist

[Eng. flute; n connective, and suff. -ist.] A flute-player; a fluter. fiût-er, s. [Eng. flute (1); -er.] 1. One who plays upon a flute; a flautist. 2. One who makes flutes or grooves. *flût-er-e , *flût-er-e e, s . [Eng. fluter ; -e .] A woman who plays on the flute. ( Sherwood .) flû-ti-na, s. [Ital. flautino =a small flute, dim in. of flauto a flute.] Music : A kind of accordeon resembling the concertina. A form of melodeon. An instrument worked by a bellows and keys in bank, and having one set of reeds. flût-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FLUTE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of forming flutes or grooves in. 2. A flute; a groove; a channel; fluted work. 3. A species of ruffle. 4. One of the longitudinal grooves in a screw-tap, giving cutting-edges to the thread.