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hautboy
[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]
hautboy
/ ˈəʊbɔɪ /
noun
- Also calledhautbois strawberryhauboisˈəʊbɔɪ a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit
- an archaic word for oboe
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- hautboy·ist noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hautboy1
C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush 1
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Example Sentences
Barthelemon was leader of the band; Fisher played the hautboy; and Mr. Hook was conductor and composer.
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At fourteen, he was playing a hautboy in his father's band and practising on the violin at spare times.
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In the second subscription-concert, we heard Herr Flad, who performed an hautboy-concerto in a very brilliant manner.
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Of the orchestral players the drum was the noisiest; though the hautboy and the piccolo were every whit as emphatic.
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Cornet, Hautboy, and Viol d'Amore had quite stopped worrying about their journey, and about what they should do in the future.
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