QUARTET


Meaning of QUARTET in English

/kwawr tet"/ , n.

1. any group of four persons or things.

2. an organized group of four singers or players.

3. a musical composition for four voices or instruments.

Also, esp. Brit., quartette .

[ 1765-75; quartetto, dim. of quarto quartus FOURTH ]

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