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organistrum

organistrum noun: any early form of hurdy-gurdy.

Noun

organistrum (plural organistrums or organistra)

  1. Any early form of hurdy-gurdy.
    • Those brought into use again were several forms of lutes, violins, and bagpipes, which were played upon proficiently by the "jongleurs," some of whom played also upon psalteries, organistrums, guitars, and tambours with great skill.1912, Frederick Converse Beach, The Americana

Forms of organistrum

pluralorganistrums
pluralorganistra

Questions about organistrum

What does organistrum mean?
Organistrum means any early form of hurdy-gurdy.
What part of speech is organistrum?
Organistrum is a noun.
What is the plural of organistrum?
The plural of organistrum is organistrums.

Words near organistrum in the dictionary

  1. organist
  2. organista
  3. organistas
  4. organistic
  5. organistra
  6. organistrum
  7. organistrums
  8. organists
  9. organistship
  10. organistships
  11. organity

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