Baritone
['bærɪtəʊn] or ['bærə'ton]
Definition
(noun.) the second lowest brass wind instrument.
(noun.) the second lowest adult male singing voice.
(noun.) a male singer.
(adj.) lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; 'a baritone voice'; 'baritone oboe' .
Typed by Arthur--From WordNet
Definition
(a. & n.) See Barytone.
(a.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
(a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
(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.
(n.) A person having a voice of such range.
(n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
(n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Edited by Amber
Examples
- No one under the spell of that fine baritone paused to ask. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next there could be heard the baritone buzz of a holly tree. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was a white-faced, black-haired man of incredible energy, with eyes like an eagle's, wrath almost divine, and the finest baritone voice in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, Rosamond, I shall, said Lydgate, in his strong baritone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Owen