quintet
noun
any set or group of five persons or things.
quintette
-
a variation of
quintet.
Example Sentences
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All of these movements are performed without pause, and the result is so successful that Whiting is using the same plan for a quintette.
At Lyons the quintette dissolved with emotional embraces, the four going westward, and he northward in the night train.
From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke
Now that the Five Travelers, as the quintette of Sanford girls loved to call themselves, were once more settled in the country of college, their devoted friends had already planned to honor them.
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Pauline Lester
Jesting in this fashion the quintette had again taken up their walk, this time headed for Acasia House.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
The quintette turned hastily, to find themselves confronted with an absolute endorsement of the truth of Lennie's statements.
From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by John Campbell
