| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.[Wordnet]
2. See Cittern.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "CITHERN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1652. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CITHERN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A stringed musical instrument, among the ancients, the precise form of which is not known, but it bore some resemblance to the modern guitar, the name of which is evidently from this ancient word. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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