Hypertext Webster Gateway: "guitar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Guitar \Gui*tar"\, n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg. guitarra,
It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ?; cf. L. cithara. Cf. {Cittern},
{Gittern}.]
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the
violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk
covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon
with the fingers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
guitar
n : a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by
strumming or plucking
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