suite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for suite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suite n a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) Synonym(s): suite, rooms the group following and attending to some important person Synonym(s): cortege, retinue, suite, entourage a matching set of furniture
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suite \Suite\, n. [F. See {Suit}, n.] 1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See {Suit}, n., 5. 2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See {Suit}, n., 6. Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king's table, and lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. --Boswell. 3. (Mus.) One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.