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git·tern (git′ərn)

noun

an early instrument of the guitar family, having an oval body and wire strings

Etymology: ME giterne < OFr guiterne, altered < OSp guitarra: see guitar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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