[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cittern \cit"tern\, n. l.cithara, gr. kiqa`ra. cf. cithara,
   gittern. mus.
   an instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and
   played with a quill or plectrum. written also cithern.
   --shak.
   1913 webster

   note: not to be confounded with zither.
         1913 webster
see also:
cithara gittern cithern 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cittern
     n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a
         pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings syn: cithern, cither,
          citole, gittern
see also:
cithern cither citole gittern 

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