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CITHERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("cithern" is a kind of...):
guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)
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