bandore

Also ban·do·ra
Also

[ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]

noun

1. an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.

bandore

/ bænˈdɔː, ˈbændɔː /

noun

1. Also called: pandore.  pandora. a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings

Word History and Origins

Origin of bandore¹

First recorded in 1560–70; earlier bandurion, from Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandūra, from Greek pandoûra “three-stringed musical instrument”

Word History and Origins

Origin of bandore¹

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

Example Sentences

Bandore, ban-dōr′, n. a musical instrument like a guitar, with three or more strings.

From Project Gutenberg

He also gave to "James Sands, my apprentice, the some of forty shillings and a citterne, a bandore, and a lute, to be paid and delivered unto him at the expiration of his terme of yeres in his indentur of apprenticehood."

From Project Gutenberg

Banjo is a negro corruption of O.E. bandore.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he played on another instrument which resembled a bandore or banjo and was named Sem Yim.

From Project Gutenberg

At all events, I had my banjo, the bandore's legitimate and lineal descendant, and the memory of Fionguala should have the love-ditty.

From Project Gutenberg

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