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dulcimer noun. L15.
[Old French doulcemer, -mele corresp. to Spanish dulcemele, Italian dolcemelle, presumably from Latin = sweet song.]
A musical instrument with metal strings of graduated length over a trapezoidal soundbox, struck with hammers. L15.
More fully Appalachian dulcimer. An American folk instrument, a kind of zither. M20.