From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sextet \Sex*tet"\, Sextetto \Sex*tet"to\, n. (Mus.)
See {Sestet}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sextet
n 1: a musical composition written for six performers [syn:
{sextet}, {sextette}, {sestet}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn:
{six}, {6}, {VI}, {sixer}, {sise}, {Captain Hicks}, {half a
dozen}, {sextet}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]
3: six performers or singers who perform together [syn:
{sextet}, {sextette}, {sestet}]
4: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn:
{sextet}, {sextette}, {sestet}]
5: six people considered as a unit [syn: {sextet}, {sextette},
{sixsome}]
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