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bandore

[ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]
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noun
  1. an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
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Also ban·do·ra [ban-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] /bænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə/.

Origin of bandore

1560–70; earlier bandurion < Spanish bandurria < Latin pandūra < Greek pandoûra three-stringed musical instrument
Also called pandora, pandore, pandoura, pandure.
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Historical Examples

  • Banjo seems to be derived from bandore or bandurria, modern French and Spanish forms of tambour, respectively.

    The American Language

    Henry L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for bandore

bandore

noun
  1. a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal stringsAlso called: pandore, pandora
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Word Origin

C16: from Spanish bandurria, from Late Latin pandūra three-stringed instrument, from Greek pandoura
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