Usually means: Old stringed instrument resembling guitar.
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  1. cithern: Merriam-Webster
  2. cithern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cithern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cithern: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. cithern: Wiktionary
  8. cithern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Cithern, cithern: Dictionary.com
  10. Cithern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. cithern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  13. Cithern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. cithern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cithern)

noun:  Archaic form of cittern. [A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar.]

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