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bandore
[ ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr ]
noun
- an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
bandore
/ bænˈdÉ”Ë; ˈbændÉ”Ë /
noun
- a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings Also calledpandorepandora
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bandore1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bandore1
Example Sentences
Bandore, ban-dÅr′, n. a musical instrument like a guitar, with three or more strings.
He also gave to "James Sands, my apprentice, the some of forty shillings and a citterne, a bandore, and a lute, to be paid and delivered unto him at the expiration of his terme of yeres in his indentur of apprenticehood."
Banjo is a negro corruption of O.E. bandore.
Then he played on another instrument which resembled a bandore or banjo and was named Sem Yim.
Then would I seek this street at midnight, and standing here beneath her window, I would lightly touch the strings of my bandore until the casement opened cautiously and she looked down.
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