cith·ern  (sĭth'ərn, sĭth'-)  n. Variant of cittern. |
| cit·tern (sĭt'ərn) n. A 16th-century guitar with a flat, pear-shaped body. [Perhaps blend of Latin cithara, cithara; see cithara, and obsolete English gittern (from Middle English, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara).] |