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Gittern

Gittern Meaning & Definition
Gittern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gittern?

[n] medieval musical instrument resembling a guitar

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Gittern In Webster's Dictionary

\Git"tern\, n. [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See {Guitar}, and cf. {Cittern}.] An instrument like a guitar. ``Harps, lutes, and giternes.'' --Chaucer.
\Git"tern\, v. i. To play on gittern. --Milton.

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