Home › Words › H › hautboyisthautboyist/ˈhəʊbɔɪ.ɪst/hautboyist means someone who plays the hautboy.hautboyist is pronounced /ˈhəʊbɔɪ.ɪst/.EtymologyFrom hautboy + -ist.nounSomeone who plays the hautboy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hautbois 64% match — Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds. vs hautboyist →hornist 63% match — Someone who plays the horn (any of several kinds of musical instruments). vs hautboyist →heliconist 63% match — Someone who plays a helicon. vs hautboyist →bodhranist 61% match — Someone who plays a bodhran. vs hautboyist →alphornist 61% match — Someone who plays the alphorn. vs hautboyist →harmoniumist 60% match — Someone who plays a harmonium. vs hautboyist →autoharpist 60% match — Someone who plays the autoharp. vs hautboyist →theorbist 60% match — Someone who plays a theorbo. vs hautboyist →