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quartet definition

quar·tet (kwôr tet′)

noun

  1. any group of four persons or things
  2. Music
    1. a composition for four voices or four instruments
    2. a group of four performers of such a composition, or any group of four musicians playing together

Etymology: Fr quartette < It quartetto, dim. of quarto < L quartus, fourth: see quart

Also Archaicquartette quar·tette

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