gittern

git·tern

 (gĭt′ərn)

n.

A guitar of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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[Middle English giterne, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara; see cithara.]

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gittern

(ˈɡɪtɜːn)

n

(Classical Music) music an obsolete medieval stringed instrument resembling the guitar. Compare cittern

[C14: from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra guitar; see cittern]

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cit•tern

(ˈsɪt ərn)

n.

an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.

[1550–60; perhaps b. Latin cithara kithara and Middle French guiterne gittern]

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gittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings cithern, citole, cittern, cither guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

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