3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gittern \Git"tern\ (g[i^]t"t[~e]rn), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i. To play on gittern. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: gittern n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: {cittern}, {cithern}, {cither}, {citole}]
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