Tenor - Definition

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"
n 1: the adult male singing voice above baritone [syn: tenor,
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: tenor, strain]