luthier

noun

lu·​thi·​er ˈlü-tē-ər How to pronounce luthier (audio)
-thē-ər
: one who makes stringed musical instruments (such as violins or guitars)

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The success of Marchita brought the kind of opportunities that Estrada — the daughter of luthiers from the verdant hills of Coatepec, Veracruz — had dreamed of just a few years earlier. Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025 And now his daughters, Ava and Lila Delgado, 17 and 11, carry on the legacy as fourth-generation luthiers. Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 July 2025 Made of pinewood, bird’s-eye maple and plain-cut sycamore, the violin is almost certainly the work of a Scottish luthier, Reid said. Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most famously associated with the violin, sold for $11.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Friday. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for luthier

Word History

Etymology

French, from luth lute (from Middle French lut)

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of luthier was in 1879

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“Luthier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luthier. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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