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baritone

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Baritone \Bar"i*tone\, a. & n.
   See {Barytone}.

Barytone \Bar"y*tone\, Baritone \Bar"i*tone\, a. [Gr. ?; ? heavy
   + ? tone.]
   1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

   2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last
      syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Barytone \Bar"y*tone\, Baritone \Bar"i*tone\, n. [F. baryton:
   cf. It. baritono.]
   1. (Mus.)
      (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the
          common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend
          as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.
      (b) A person having a voice of such range.
      (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

   2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the
      last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Source : WordNet®

baritone
     adj : lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone
           voice"; "baritone oboe"

baritone
     n 1: a male singer [syn: {barytone}]
     2: the second lowest adult male singing voice [syn: {baritone
        voice}]
     3: the second lowest brass wind instrument [syn: {baritone horn}]
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