bandore
Americannoun
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an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
noun
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Also called: pandore. pandora. a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
Etymology
Origin of bandore
First recorded in 1560–70; earlier bandurion, from Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandūra, from Greek pandoûra “three-stringed musical instrument”
Example Sentences
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Then he played on another instrument which resembled a bandore or banjo and was named Sem Yim.
From By the Golden Gate by Carey, Joseph
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.
From David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales by Hawthorne, Julian
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