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head⋅set

[hed-set]
–noun
1. Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
2. earphones or headphones.

Origin:
1920–25; head + set
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head·set   (hěd'sět')   
n.  
  1. A pair of headphones.

  2. A pair of headphones with a voice transmitter attached.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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