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Definition of: dulcimer
(dul′sə·mər) noun
1. A stringed instrument played with two padded hammers.
2. A wind instrument. Dan. iii 10. [<OF doulcemer, doulcemele? <L dulcemelos <dulcis sweet + melos a song <Gk.]
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