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duettist

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du⋅et

  [doo-et, dyoo-]
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–noun
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
Origin:
1730–40; earlier duett < It duetto, equiv. to du(o) duet + -etto -et

Related forms:
du⋅et⋅tist, noun
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duet 
1740, from It. duetto "short musical composition for two voices," dim. of duo "two."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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