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Definition of Mandolin
1. Noun. A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum.
Definition of Mandolin
1. n. A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
Definition of Mandolin
1. Noun. (music) A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back. ¹
2. Noun. A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline). ¹
3. Noun. (military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mandolin
1. a stringed musical instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandolin
Literary usage of Mandolin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1897)
"Thursday, 8 pm Music, mandolin club; solo, Miss Lizzie Vent; Care of Our Poor by
... Friday, 10 am Music, mandolin club; The Farmers' Interest in Foreign ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"THE mandolin, GUITAR AND BANJO BY GEORGE W. BEMIS TEACHER OF GUITAR AND mandolin
AT THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC HE merits of these instruments ..."
3. Musical Education by Albert Lavignac (1902)
"X. THE GUITAR AND mandolin It seems entirely superfluous for us to consider here
... Such are, among others, the Guitar and the mandolin, instruments for ..."
4. In College Days: Recent Varsity Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1901)
"... HER mandolin When Summer sunset tints the sky, And twilight gathers dreamily,
There floats a soft and tender strain, Which swells and falls and swells ..."
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