Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foursome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foursome \Four"some\, a. [Four + 2d -some.]
Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or
Golf]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foursome \Four"some\, n. (Golf)
A game between four players, with two on each side and each
side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately.
It is called a
{mixed foursome} when each side consists of a man and a
woman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foursome
n 1: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop
quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: {quartet},
{quartette}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four},
{4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary},
{quaternity}, {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {Little Joe}]
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