Definitions for Gitternˈgɪt ərn
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
git•ternˈgɪt ərn(n.)
Category: Music and Dance
Ref: cittern .
Princeton's WordNet
cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern(noun)
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Wiktionary
gittern(Noun)
A relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.
Webster Dictionary
Gittern(noun)
an instrument like a guitar
Gittern(verb)
to play on gittern
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