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zither definition

zither (zit̸h′ər, zit̸h′-)

noun

  1. any of a family of musical instruments with strings stretched across a flat soundboard and plucked, bowed, struck with mallets, etc., as the dulcimer, koto, psaltery, etc.
  2. a folk instrument of this type of Austria and S Germany

Etymology: Ger < L cithara < Gr kithara, lute

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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