tenor

Definition (noun): the adult male singing voice above baritone

Definition (noun): the pitch range of the highest male voice

Definition (noun): an adult male with a tenor voice

Definition (noun): a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person’s life

Example: nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways

Definition (noun): the general meaning or substance of an utterance

Example: although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

Definition (adjective): (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass

Example: a tenor sax

Definition (adjective): of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

Example: tenor voice