First Known Use: 14th century
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musette
noun mu·sette \myu̇-ˈzet\
Definition of MUSETTE
1
: a bellows-blown bagpipe popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries
2
: a small knapsack; also : a similar bag with one shoulder strap —called also musette bag
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Origin of MUSETTE
Middle English, from Middle French, diminutive of muse bagpipe, from muser to muse, play the bagpipe
Rhymes with MUSETTE
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