Tenor ¹

Definition: A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

Tenor ²

Definition: That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Tenor ³

Definition: Stamp; character; nature.

Tenor ⁴

Definition: An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

Tenor ⁵

Definition: The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.

Tenor ⁶

Definition: A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.

tenor ⁷

Definition: the pitch range of the highest male voice

tenor ⁸

Definition: pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"

tenor ⁹

Definition: the adult male singing voice above baritone

tenor ¹⁰

Definition: an adult male with a tenor voice

tenor ¹¹

Definition: of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice"

tenor ¹²

Definition: (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax"