SAMISEN

samisen, shamisen

(noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

samisen (plural samisens or samisen)

Alternative form of shamisen

Anagrams

• Eismans, Messina, inseams, manises, sesamin

Source: Wiktionary


Sam"i*sen, n. [Jap.] (Mus.)

Definition: A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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