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SEXTET
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) a musical composition written for six performers
sextet, sextette, sixsome
(noun) six people considered as a unit
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) six performers or singers who perform together
six, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sextet (plural sextets)
Any group of six people or things.
(music) A composition for six voices or instruments.
A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
Synonyms
• hexad
Coordinate terms
• solo
• duo
• trio
• quartet
• quintet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
Anagrams
• e-texts, etexts
Source: Wiktionary
Sex*tet", Sex*tet"to, n. (Mus.)
Definition: See Sestet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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