Did you perhaps mean one of these? octene, octet, octets
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of octet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- n. eight people considered as a unit
- n. eight performers or singers who perform together
- n. a musical composition written for eight performers
Examples
“He went on to write arrangements for Count Basie and Benny Goodman, then forged an octette alliance with drummer Kenny Clarke.”
The Huffington Post: Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 202
“Margot & The Nuclear So and So's is an indie-folk rock octette from Indianapolis, Indiana, founded in 2004 by Richard Edwards (vocals/guitar).”
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Forty-One
“Rolando the Lasso, and flaunt on the flimsyfilmsies for to grig my collage juniorees who, though they flush fuchsia, are they octette and virginity in my shade but always my figurants.”
“The others heartily agreeing, the octette again set off in a hurry for the gymnasium.”
“It held the octette, while men-servants in powder and gold-laced livery offered poires Zobraska, a subtle creation of thechef.”
“It held the octette, while men-servants in powder and gold-laced livery offered poires”
“When the clock struck twelve, I marched majestically to the kitchen, threw open the door, revealed the octette in the enjoyment of a mound of ice-cream and”
“His celebrated octette for strings, Opus 20, was composed in 1825.”
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
“Austin, Texas-based funk-rock soul octette Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are Black Joe Lewis, Sugarfoot Watkins, Big Show Varley, Wild Bill, Rooster Andrews, Slyder, McKnight (a.k.a. The Night Train), Zach Erlich, and Sleepy Ramirez.”
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-One
“Austin, Texas-based funk-rock soul octette Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are Black Joe Lewis, Sugarfoot Watkins, Big ...”
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