GITTERN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

Synonyms:

cither; cithern; citole; cittern; gittern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gittern" is a kind of...):

guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)

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