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

  Guitar \Gui*tar"\, n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra,
     It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ?; cf. L. cithara. Cf. {Cittern},
     {Gittern}.]
     A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the
     violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk
     covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon


     with the fingers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guitar
       n : a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by
           strumming or plucking

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "guitar":
     Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika,
     banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke,
     bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar,
     lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin, mandolute,
     mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, samisen, sitar, steel guitar,
     tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele
  
  

















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