What is the meaning of sextet?

A musical composition written for six performers.
- synonyms: sextette, sestet
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
- synonyms: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
Six performers or singers who perform together.
- synonyms: sextette, sestet
A set of six similar things considered as a unit.
- synonyms: sextette, sestet
Six people considered as a unit.
- synonyms: sextette, sixsome

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