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samisen

[ sam-uh-sen ]
/ ˈsæm əˌsɛn /

noun

a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.

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Origin of samisen

1610–20; <Japanese <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese sānxia three-string banjo

Words nearby samisen

Samhita, Sami, Samian, Samian ware, samiel, samisen, samite, samiti, samizdat, Saml., samlet
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British Dictionary definitions for samisen

samisen
/ (ˈsæmɪˌsɛn) /

noun

a variant of shamisen
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