Cittern Definition

sĭtərn
noun
A stringed instrument of the guitar family, pear-shaped with a flat back, popular from the 15th to the 18th cent.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cittern

Noun

Singular:
cittern
Plural:
citterns

Origin of Cittern

  • Perhaps blend of Latin cithara cithara cithara and obsolete English gittern (from Middle English) (from Old French guiterne) (from Latin cithara)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Blend of cither and gittern.

    From Wiktionary

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