octet
noun
a company of eight singers or musicians.
octette
-
a variation of
octet.
Example Sentences
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An octette of Republican ladies, wearing coonskin caps, trooped around town chanting a six-stanza ode to Sam Hopkins, written to the tune of Davy Crockett.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tell you it’s a truly rural octette.
From The Real Latin Quarter by F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith
Soon the octette which was singing "In the Pale Moonlight," discovered the fire over their heads and in a few moments we had the curtain run down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
It held the octette, while men-servants in powder and gold-laced livery offered poires Zobraska, a subtle creation of the chef.
From The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke
The 'Pale Moonlight' scene was on and sixteen people, the double octette, occupied the stage.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
