ban·dore (b n dôr , -d r) also ban·do·ra (bn-dôr , -dr)n. A Renaissance musical instrument resembling a guitar. Also called pandore. [Portuguese bandurra, from Late Latin pand  ra, from Greek pandoura.] |
bandore [bænˈdɔː ˈbændɔː]
n
(Music / Instruments) a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings Also called pandore pandora
[from Spanish bandurria, from Late Latin pandūra three-stringed instrument, from Greek pandoura]
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