"tenor" in the noun sense
1. tenor, tenor voice
the adult male singing voice above baritone
2. tenor
the pitch range of the highest male voice
3. tenor
an adult male with a tenor voice
4. tenor
a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
"nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"
5. tenor, strain
the general meaning or substance of an utterance
"although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
"tenor" in the adjective sense
1. tenor
of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
"a tenor sax"
2. tenor
of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
"tenor voice"
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