quartet
noun
any group of four persons or things.
quartette
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a variation of
quartet.
Example Sentences
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Nutrition faddist John Harvey Kellogg, whose sanatorium briefly embraced Fletcherism, tried to re-enliven mealtimes by hiring a quartette to sing “The Chewing Song,” an original Kellogg composition, while diners grimly toiled.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
Into a household lately bereft of its entire corps of servitors, he introduces a quartette of nobles from the vicinity of the Volga.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last one of the quartette, biting his lips for fear of laughing outright, held out his hand with a contemptuous gesture, saying: "Good-bye, Salabert—au revoir."
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
They belonged to the Hickory Ridge Troop of Boy Scouts, which lively town was situated many miles to the south of the place where we discover the quartette up against a puzzling question.
From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Alan Douglas
In a moment consternation fell upon the sedately pacing quartette.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
