Sextette

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of sextet. alt-of, dated

    "Cecil and Lucy turned up at four o’clock, and these, with little Minnie Beebe, made a somewhat lugubrious sextette upon the upper lawn for tea."

  2. 2
    a musical composition written for six performers wordnet
  3. 3
    six people considered as a unit wordnet
  4. 4
    a set of six similar things considered as a unit wordnet
  5. 5
    six performers or singers who perform together wordnet

Synonyms

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sestetsextetsextetsixsome

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"Cecil and Lucy turned up at four o’clock, and these, with little Minnie Beebe, made a somewhat lugubrious sextette upon the upper lawn for tea."

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