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| mu·sette [ myoo zét ] (plural mu·settes) |
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1. French bagpipe: French bagpipes that make a relatively soft sound. The musette was popular in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
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2. pastoral dance music: a piece of pastoral dance music that imitates the sound of bagpipes or has bagpipes playing the bass line
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3. military soldier's bag: a small leather or canvas knapsack with one shoulder strap, used by soldiers
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| [14th century. < French, "little bagpipes" < muse "bagpipes"] |
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