lutanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lutanist
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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At 34, Bream is in demand throughout Europe and America as the undisputed successor to the grand master of the classical guitar, Andres Segovia, and as a lutanist already beyond comparison.
From Time Magazine Archive
A contemporary of Bach's wrote that if a lutanist lived to be 80, he would spend 60 years merely tuning his instrument.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few had heard of John Dowland, the great lutanist of his time in England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rare too was the young lutanist who plunk-a-plunked and sang ballads on an NBC Sunday sustainer.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they asked him who he was, he answered, a lutanist, nor did the trial belie his profession.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
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