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lutenist

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin lutanista, from lutana (“lute”), from Middle French lut. By surface analysis, lute + -n- + -ist.

noun lutenists · lutanist

One who plays the lute, a lutist. A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.
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noun one who plays the lute

Português	alaudista
Italiano	liutista
Русский	лютни́ст ljutníst, лютни́стка ljutnístka

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@misc{lutenist_2026,
  title = {lutenist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lutenist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}