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Meaning of 'baritone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Baritone [ a.]
- Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
- Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
2 . Baritone [ a. & n.]
- See Barytone.
3 . Baritone [ n.]
- 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.
- A person having a voice of such range.
- The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
- A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Meaning of 'baritone' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . baritone [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lower in range than tenor and higher than bass
Example in sentence:
  • a baritone voice;
  • baritone oboe

Nearby Words:

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