What is the meaning of quintet?

A musical composition for five performers.
- synonyms: quintette
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
- synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
Five performers or singers who perform together.
- synonyms: quintette
A set of five similar things considered as a unit.
- synonyms: quintette, quintuplet, quintuple
Five people considered as a unit.
- synonyms: quintette, fivesome

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