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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 stringsplay

  Familiarity information: CITHERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CITHERN (noun)


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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