| n. | 1. | (Mus.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. |
| Noun | 1. | dulcimer - a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings |
| 2. | dulcimer - a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers |