fluter

[ floo-ter ]

noun

1. a person who makes flutings.
2. Archaic. a flutist.

fluter

/ ˈfluːtə /

noun

1. a craftsman who makes flutes or fluting
2. a tool used to make flutes or fluting
3. a less common word, used esp in folk music, for flautist

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluter¹

1350–1400; Middle English flouter, floutour < Old French fleuteur, flauteor, equivalent to flaut ( er ) to play the flute + -eur, -eor < Latin -ōr- -or ² or -ātōr- -ator

Example Sentences

Fluter then turned the knife on the father, cutting him as well, Guffey told the newspaper.

From Fox News

It’s unclear what provoked the attack, but Guffey said investigators do not believe Fluter was under the influence of drugs.

From Fox News

Josephine Mia Bulubenchi died Sunday at the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, where she was taken after being allegedly attacked early Saturday by Emanuel Fluter, her 33-year-old uncle who was living with his sister, Simona Bulubenchi, in Clinton County, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.

From Fox News

Fluter was initially charged with two counts of first-degree assault and four counts of wanton endangerment.

From Seattle Times

Guffey says Josephine’s father heard her scream on a baby monitor Saturday morning and rushed in to try to disarm Fluter, receiving a cut on his hand.

From Seattle Times