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Definition of quintette : A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five- part music.

Synonyms:

pentad, quintuple, cinque, quintet, quint, five, fin, fivesome, quin, quintuplet

Usage examples:

• Why not get up a quintette, and let Matt Bray there take the drum, and charming Sir Harry Payne the cymbals?" - "The Master of the Ceremonies", George Manville Fenn.
• " Not with you to back up so formidable a quintette of stalwarts," assented the tall visitor gaily. - "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel", Baroness Orczy.
• The assayer with three men from the town had arrived and the rescue of the quintette at the bottom of the shaft was speedily effected. - "Tabitha's Vacation", Ruth Alberta Brown.