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cith·er

C0371500 (sĭth′ər, sĭth′-)n. A cittern.

[French cithare, kitaire, from Latin cithara, cithara; see cithara.]

(ˈsɪθə) or

n (Instruments) variants of cittern[C17: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara lyre]

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Noun	1.	cither - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingerszither, zitherndulcimer - a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammersstringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
	2.	cither - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire stringscithern, citole, cittern, gitternguitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

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Related to cither: cithern