Definition of Fivesome

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.

Exact synonyms: 5, Cinque, Fin, Five, Little Phoebe, Pentad, Phoebe, Quint, Quintet, Quintuplet, V
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure

2. Noun. Five people considered as a unit.
Exact synonyms: Quintet, Quintette
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering

Definition of Fivesome

1. Noun. A group of five persons or things. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fivesome

fivefold
fivefoldness
fiveish
fiveling
fiveness
fivepence
fivepences
fivepenny
fivepin
fivepins
fiver
fivers
fives
fivescore
fivesies
fivesome (current term)
fivesomes
fivestones
fiveteen
fiveth
fivety
fiveway
fiveways
fiving
fix
fix-it shop
fix it again Tony
fix someone's wagon
fix up
fixability

Literary usage of Fivesome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the ..."

2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"... his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back ; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack. ..."

3. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back ; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the ..."

4. Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected Poems by William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster (1916)
"3 They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back ; » They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the ..."

5. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1860)
"They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; w They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Fivesome on Dictionary.com!Search for Fivesome on Thesaurus.com!Search for Fivesome on Google!Search for Fivesome on Wikipedia!

Search