Sennet Definition

sĕnĭt
noun
A trumpet call used as a signal for ceremonial entrances and exits in Elizabethan drama.
Webster's New World
Either of two small barracudas (Sphyraena borealis or S. picudilla) of the western Atlantic.
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Other Word Forms of Sennet

Noun

Singular:
sennet
Plural:
sennets

Origin of Sennet

  • Probably an alteration of the obsolete signet, 'signal'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps variant of signet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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