bandore

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bandore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bandore \Ban"dore\, n. [Sp. bandurria, fr. L. pandura,
     pandurium, a musical instrument of three strings, fr. Gr.
     pandoy^ra a three-stringed musical instrument. Cf. Pandore,
     Banjo, Mandolin.]
     A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a
     pandore. It is now obsolete, but see bandura.
     [1913 Webster]