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The Meaning of tenor
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(n.) A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
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(n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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(n.) Stamp; character; nature.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Homophones
tener
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tenner
Rhymes
behner
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benner
,
brenner
,
center
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cohenour
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coughenour
,
countertenor
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dehner
,
denner
,
enter
,
gwenore
,
heldentenor
,
henner
,
jenner
,
kenner
,
lehner
,
lennar
,
mehner
,
renner
,
sennar
,
senner
,
sklenar
,
spenner
,
stenner
,
tener
,
tenner
,
wehner
,
wenner
,
zehner
,
zenner
,
zenor