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musette definition

mu·sette (myo̵̅o̅ zet′)

noun

  1. a small French bagpipe of the 17th and 18th cent.
  2. a soft pastoral melody, in imitation of the tunes played on this
  3. musette bag

Etymology: OFr < muser, to play music, muse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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