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  • noun Alternative spelling of quartet.

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  • noun a set of four similar things considered as a unit
  • noun four performers or singers who perform together
  • noun four people considered as a unit
  • noun a musical composition for four performers

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Examples

  • Still no peace agreement in the Middle East, if you've noticed, but Tony Blair who used to be one of the world leaders speaking at the roster (ph) General Assembly, he's now a special Middle East envoy for the so-called quartette which includes the United States and the U.N. And, he is at this meeting that's currently going on now, Secretary of State Rice is there, and it's chaired at least today by the U.N. Secretary General, Bongi Moon (ph), who has a new practice he has started where every guest signs in that visits his office.

    CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2007 2007

  • The crowd of girls was in the big "quartette" room in the West Dormitory of Briarwood Hall.

    Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Alice B. Emerson

  • Here the four girls -- the "quartette" as they called themselves -- would go and sit and listen to Ellen's stories of the world they had not seen.

    Emily Brontë 1900

  • "No reason we shouldn't make a quartette of it," remarked Harley Kennan, as with his own voice he joined in.

    CHAPTER XXXVI 2010

  • IsbellsIsbells are the Flemish genteel-rock quartette captained by singer/songwriter Gaëtan Vandewoude (guitar), with Naïma Joris, Bart Borremans, and Gianni Marzo rounding out the lineup.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 144 Phil Ramone 2010

  • The addresses were interspersed with appropriate selections by a quartette consisting of Mrs. J.

    2009 August 10 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • The addresses were interspersed with appropriate selections by a quartette consisting of Mrs. J.

    2009 August « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • Poppy & The JezebelsCool-girl Brit quartette Poppy & The Jezebels are Mollie Kingsley (vocals, bass keyboard, Theremin), Amber Bradbury (guitar), Poppy Twist (drums, Theremin), and Dom Vine (keys, synth, cello, vocals).

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 146 Phil Ramone 2010

  • The addresses were interspersed with appropriate selections by a quartette consisting of Mrs. J.

    Time Capsule: August 8th, 1920 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • IsbellsIsbells are the Flemish genteel-rock quartette captained by singer/songwriter Gaëtan Vandewoude (guitar), with Naïma Joris, Bart Borremans, and Gianni Marzo rounding out the lineup.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 144 Phil Ramone 2010

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