Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mandolin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mandolin \Man"do*lin\, Mandoline \Man"do*line\, n. [F.
mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of mandola, fr. L. pandura.
See {Bandore}.] (Mus.)
A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the
lute.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mandolin
n : a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played
with a plectrum
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