Barytone

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barytone \Bar"y*tone\, Baritone \Bar"i*tone\, a. [Gr.
     bary`tonos; bary`s heavy + to`nos tone.]
     1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
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     2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last


        syllable, the grave accent being understood.
        [1913 Webster] Barytone

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the
        last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barytone
       n : a male singer [syn: {baritone}]