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Cithern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of cittern.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of cittern.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See cittern.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A musical instrument having metal strings which are played with a plectrum.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

Word Usage

"The breeze that stirred the tapestries on the wall brought faint noises from the streets of Peshkhauri - occasional snatches of wailing song, or the thrum of a cithern."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

guitar

Cross Reference

bow cithern

Variant

cittern

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cheng kettledrum Dobro bagpipe viol serving-man castanet planchette bouzouki instrumentalist