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cittern

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cit·tern  (strn) also cith·ern (sthrn, s-)
n.
A 16th-century guitar with a flat, pear-shaped body.
[Perhaps blend of Latin cithara, cithara; see cithara, and obsolete English gittern (from Middle English, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara).]
cittern [ˈsɪtɜːn], cither, cithern
n
(Music / Instruments) a medieval stringed instrument resembling a lute but having wire strings and a flat back Compare gittern
[perhaps a blend of cither + gittern]
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Noun1.cittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire stringscittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
cithern, citole, gittern, cither
guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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It chanced that out of one of the bundles there stuck the end of what the clerk saw to be a cittern, so drawing it forth, he tuned it up and twanged a harmony to the merry lilt which the dancers played.
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