archlutist

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noun

Someone who plays an archlute.

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Meanings

nounarchlutist (plural archlutists)

plural archlutists

  1. Someone who plays an archlute.

    The remaining musicians were grouped in the following fashion : two archlutists, eight violinists, two contrabassists, one harpist.

    1970, Gordana Lazarevich, The Role of the Neapolitan Intermezzo in the Evolution of Eighteenth-century Musical Style: Literary, Symphonic and Dramatic Aspects, 1685-1735
    2 more examples

    MARION VERBRUGGEN AND JAKOB LINDBERG — The recorder player and the archlutist / Baroque guitarist perform sonatas, suites, divisions, and variations by Jakob van[…]

    1994, The New Yorker

    The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […]

    2002, Richard E. Spear, From Caravaggio to Artemisia: Essays on Painting in Seventeenth-century Italy and France

Origin

From archlute + -ist.

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APA

archlutist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archlutist

MLA

“archlutist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archlutist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archlutist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archlutist.

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