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I make whistles, and I'm looking for a word that describes a maker of whistles or wind instruments as "luthier" describes a maker of stringed instruments. Any ideas?
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Elizabeth
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James Abbot McNeill might know...
welcome, Elizabeth!
formerly known as etaoin...
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whistlemaker?
whistlecarver??
whistlewright! (from wood)
whistlesmith! (from metal)
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...and what will she become whenever she quits making them?
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That was my thought, eta: The whistle's mother
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I suspect that there is no English word for a person who makes whistles other than "whistle maker."
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no English word
Onelook's reverse dictionary sure wasn't much help. I scanned through its first 300 offerings to no avail.
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FWIW, we recently had this same problem with reverse lookup when someone asked what a maker of bells is called.
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Onelook's reverse dictionary sure wasn't much help. I scanned through its first 300 offerings to no avail.
Wish I'd known - I'd a started at t'other end  .
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Good news, Elizabeth Creith, there doesn't seem to be a preexisting word to singularly describe your particular skill. Soooo... How about Whistlemaster or flutemasters? Or maybe, whistlecrafter or windmaker (naw, forget windmaker. people are so crude) Let's see...we could suffix -artisans... whistleart? No? Ok, how about whistlesudras, you know, after India's lowly artisan caste? Me, personally, I like the Germanic sounding... guildersflute.  But best of all, I like... whistlemysteries. Definition: my-ster-ies (archaic) craft making What do ya think?
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