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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: four performers or singers who perform together [syn: quartet, quartette]
2: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple]
3: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: quartet, quartette, foursome]
4: a musical composition for four performers [syn: quartet, quartette]

Merriam Webster's

noun see quartet

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quartet Quar*tet", Quartette Quar*tette", n. [It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts. 2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.