- zither, cither, zithern - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
--1 is a kind of stringed instrument
--1 has particulars: dulcimer - cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
--2 is a kind of guitar