What is "lutist"

Usage examples of "lutist".

Near the center window stood the lutist, smiling as he softly plied his instrument.

Lord Oliver waved his hand, and the lutist and the dancing master departed with a silent bow.

Still, the tune was pleasing, and when the lutist finished, he struck up another.

Alex waited a moment until she was certain the attention of the gathering had redirected to the lutist, and she slipped out, following him.

Mattheson, who wrote in the latter part of the eighteenth century, when the lute was still cultivated, said that a lutist of eighty years must have spent nearly sixty in tuning his instrument.

He first is married to Zobeidah the Lutist, on the understanding that it was for one night only, and that he was to divorce her the next morning, so that she might be re-married to her former husband.

There was a wicked lutist named Geordie, some impressive violin players, and the occasional classical guitarist who had chops, but none of them was as good a draw as the folk and blues musicians.

Furthermore, it was good to be captain over a thousand men in time of war, but now, in peace, he had no official duties except as lutist to the king.

A tall man, his black beard oiled to a curling point and a ruby the size of a caper set in one ear, he had the hands of a lutist and the easy carriage of one accustomed to having his own way.

Several chamber groups were hired, as well as strolling lutists who would be serenading the guests with songs at their request.