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samisen

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Noun
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sam=i=sen

CIDE DICTIONARY

samisenn. [Jap.].
     A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

samisen, n. a long three-stringed Japanese guitar, played with a plectrum.

Etymology
Jap. f. Chin. san-hsien f. san three + hsien string

THESAURUS

samisen

Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika, banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke, bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar, guitar, lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin, mandolute, mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, sitar, steel guitar, tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele

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