dictionary definitions for "foursome"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  foursome
      n 1: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop
           quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn:
           quartet, quartette]
      2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
         four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
         quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
         Little Joe]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foursome \Four"some\ (f[=o]r"s[u^]m), a. [Four + 2d -some.]
     Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or
     Golf]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foursome \Four"some\, n.
     1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side
        and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking
        alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side
        consists of a man and a woman.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A group of four people or objects; as, we need another
        player to make a foursome for bridge.
        [PJC]


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