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noun
An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cittern, cithern, cither, gittern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: guitar
History
Probably a French diminutive form of Latin cithara, and not from Latin cista (“a box”).
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