guitar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guitar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for guitar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guitar n a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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.