NOUN
- eight people considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- a musical composition written for eight performers
How To Use octette In A Sentence
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- When the clock struck twelve, I marched majestically to the kitchen, threw open the door, revealed the octette in the enjoyment of a mound of ice-cream and The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)
- Austin, Texas-based funk-rock soul octette Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are Black Joe Lewis, Sugarfoot Watkins, Big Show Varley, Wild Bill, Rooster Andrews, Slyder, McKnight (a.k.a. The Night Train), Zach Erlich, and Sleepy Ramirez. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-One
- The others heartily agreeing, the octette again set off in a hurry for the gymnasium. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
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- He went on to write arrangements for Count Basie and Benny Goodman, then forged an octette alliance with drummer Kenny Clarke. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 202
- Austin, Texas-based funk-rock soul octette Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are Black Joe Lewis, Sugarfoot Watkins, Big ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- His celebrated octette for strings, Opus 20, was composed in 1825. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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