'Cithern' definitions:

Definition of 'cithern'

From: WordNet
noun
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern]

Definition of 'Cithern'

From: GCIDE
  • Cithern \Cith"ern\, n. See Cittern. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cithern'

From: GCIDE
  • Cittern \Cit"tern\, n. [L.cithara, Gr. kiqa`ra. Cf. Cithara, Gittern.] (Mus.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Not to be confounded with zither. [1913 Webster]