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Music. The adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the counter-tenor or alto, usually ranging from the octave below middle C to the A…
= tenor, n.1 4a 4b Usually with qualifying adjective or phrase, as tenore di grazia, a light or lyric tenor; tenore robusto (see quot. 1876), a…
A powerful tenor voice suited to the singing of heroic roles in opera; a person with such a voice.