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English Dictionary: baritone by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baritone
adj
  1. lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe"
n
  1. a male singer
    Synonym(s): baritone, barytone
  2. the second lowest adult male singing voice
    Synonym(s): baritone, baritone voice
  3. the second lowest brass wind instrument
    Synonym(s): baritone, baritone horn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baritone \Bar"i*tone\, a. & n.
      See {Barytone}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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