Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sextet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sextet \Sex*tet"\, Sextetto \Sex*tet"to\, n. (Mus.)
See {Sestet}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sextet
n 1: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: {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}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]
3: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: {sextette},
{sestet}]
4: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: {sextette},
{sestet}]
5: six people considered as a unit [syn: {sextette}, {sixsome}]
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