Found 2 items, similar to samisen.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: samisen samisen n : a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum [syn: shamisen]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Samisen Samisen \Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.) A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]