quartet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   four people considered as a unit

   They joined a barbershop quartet.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of four people or things, particularly

   The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.

3. 3
   noun

   a musical composition for four performers

4. 4
   noun

   a set of four similar things considered as a unit

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.

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