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CITHERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cithern mean?
• CITHERN (noun)
The noun CITHERN has 1 sense:
1. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Familiarity information: CITHERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cither; cithern; citole; cittern; gittern
Hypernyms ("cithern" is a kind of...):
guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)
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