sestet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sestet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sestet n the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] six performers or singers who perform together Synonym(s): sextet, sextette, sestet a set of six similar things considered as a unit Synonym(s): sextet, sextette, sestet a musical composition written for six performers Synonym(s): sextet, sextette, sestet a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also {sestuor}. [Written also {sestett}, {sestette}.] 2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.