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tenor

adjective
  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”
noun
  1. the pitch range of the highest male voice
  2. the general meaning or substance of an utterance
    “Although I disagreed with them, I could follow the tenor of their argument.”
    strain
  3. a settled, prevailing, habitual course of a person's life
    “Nothing disturbed the even tenor of my life.”
  4. the adult male singing voice above baritone
    tenor voice
  5. an adult male with a tenor voice