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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUPLET, n.
1. Two verses; a pair of rhymes.
2. A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number or equal measure of verse is found in each part, called a strophe.
3. A pair; as a couplet of doves. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 1. two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance ; distich 2. couple

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. Etymology: F dimin. of couple, formed as COUPLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Couplet Coup"let (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n. ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. --Crabbe.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(couplets) A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length. ...rhyming couplets. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Two verses (especially that rhyme), pair of rhymes, distich.

Moby Thesaurus

Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, book, both, brace, burden, canto, chorus, couple, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, envoi, epode, heptastich, hexastich, line, match, mates, measure, monostich, octastich, octave, octet, ottava rima, pair, pentastich, quatrain, refrain, rhyme royal, septet, sestet, set of two, sextet, span, stanza, stave, strain, strophe, syllable, team, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, the two, triplet, tristich, twain, two, twosome, verse, yoke