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gittern
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git·tern  (gtrn)
n.
A guitar of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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

gittern [ˈgɪtɜːn]
n
(Music / Classical Music) Music an obsolete medieval stringed instrument resembling the guitar Compare cittern
[from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra guitar; see cittern]
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Noun1.gitterngittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking


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4) focuses on the role of the gentry as patrons and performers, especially on fashionable instruments like virginals, lutes, gitterns, and bandoras.
 
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