sestet

Noun
Synonyms: six6VIsixersiseCaptain Hickshalf a dozensextetsextuplethexadsextette

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and oneSynonyms: six6VIsixersiseCaptain Hickshalf a dozensextetsextuplethexad
  2. six performers or singers who perform togetherSynonyms: sextetsextette
  3. a set of six similar things considered as a unitSynonyms: sextetsextette
  4. a musical composition written for six performersSynonyms: sextetsextette
  5. a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.]

1.(Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.] [1913 Webster]

2.(Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet. [1913 Webster]

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