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harpsichord

harp·si·chord [ hrpsi kàwrd ] (plural harp·si·chords)


noun 
Definition:
 
plucked keyboard instrument: a keyboard instrument resembling a piano that has horizontal strings plucked by leather or quill points connected to the keys. It was superseded by the piano in the 19th century.

[Early 17th century. < French harpechorde< Latin harpa "harp" + chorda "string"]

harp·si·chord·ist noun
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