zitherist
ər, ˈzɪð- noun
a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.
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zith·er·ist, noun
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zither (ˈzɪðə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a plucked musical instrument consisting of numerous strings stretched over a resonating box, a few of which may be stopped on a fretted fingerboard | |
| [C19: from German, from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara] | |
| 'zitherist | |
| —n | |
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Zitherist
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| zither (ˈzɪðə) | |
| —n | |
| a plucked musical instrument consisting of numerous strings stretched over a resonating box, a few of which may be stopped on a fretted fingerboard | |
| [C19: from German, from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara] | |
| 'zitherist | |
| —n | |
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zither
stringed musical instrument, 1850, from Ger. Zither, from O.H.G. zitara, from L. cithara, from Gk. kithara "lute" (see guitar).
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