tenor (n.)

  1. the adult male singing voice above baritone

    [ Syn: tenor voice ]

  2. the pitch range of the highest male voice

  3. an adult male with a tenor voice

  4. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways'

  5. the general meaning or substance of an utterance; although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

    [ Syn: strain ]

    tenor (adj.)

  1. (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; a tenor sax'

  2. of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; tenor voice'

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