lute /luːt/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: lut , from Old Provençal laut , from Arabic al-'ud 'the wood' ]
[countable] a musical instrument like a ↑ guitar with a round body, played with the fingers or a ↑ plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc) , especially in the past
—lutenist /ˈluːtənəst, ˈluːtənɪst/ noun [countable]