[f. LUTE sb.1 + -IST.] a. A lute-player. (Cf. LUTENIST.) b. A maker of lutes.

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1627.  Hakewill, Apol. (1630), 254. Imitation of Claudian in expressing a controversie betweene a lutist and a nightingale.

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1814.  Mrs. J. West, Alicia de Lacy, II. 47. The lady retained … a taborer, a lutist, and a player on the rebeck.

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1863.  Longf., Wayside Inn, I. Prel. 280. The instrument on which he played … A marvel of the lutist’s art.

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