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Noun: sextet  seks'tet
  1. A musical composition written for six performers
    - sextette
     
  2. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
    - six, 6, VI, sixer, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextuplet, hexad
     
  3. Six performers or singers who perform together
    - sextette, sestet
     
  4. A set of six similar things considered as a unit
    - sextette
     
  5. Six people considered as a unit
    - sextette, sixsome

Derived forms: sextets

Type of: assemblage, composition, digit, figure, gathering, musical composition, musical group, musical organisation [Brit], musical organization, opus, piece, piece of music, set

Encyclopedia: Sextet