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quartet

quar.tet also quar.tette \kwo.r-'tet\ n [It quartetto, fr. quarto fourth, 
   fr. L quartus - more at (MQUART 1: a musical composition for four 
   instruments or voices  2: a group or set of four; esp : the musicians that 
   perform a quart et