baritone
Americannoun
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a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
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a singer with such a voice.
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a large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled in oval form, used especially in military bands.
adjective
noun
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the second lowest adult male voice, having a range approximately from G an eleventh below middle C to F a fourth above it
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a singer with such a voice
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the second lowest instrument in the families of the saxophone, horn, oboe, etc
adjective
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relating to or denoting a baritone
a baritone part
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denoting the second lowest instrument in a family
the baritone horn
Other Word Forms
- baritonal adjective
Etymology
Origin of baritone
1600–10; < Italian baritono low voice < Greek barýtonos deep-sounding. See barytone
Example Sentences
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“When you go back and watch the original, you’re like, ‘Oh, this isn’t particularly good,’” says Goldhaber in a deep baritone with a quiet, steady confidence.
From Los Angeles Times
The baritone, Vincent Casagrande, a marvelously cantankerous Prisoner, tells us only sick people dream, and of course everyone on stage automatically enters a dream state.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year, he starred in the streamer’s comedy The Four Seasons, co-created by Tina Fey, and lent his rich baritone to characters including the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good.
Jesse Plemons, in his thoughtful baritone, admits, “In hindsight, I think she kept me off-balance for the majority of the shoot in a way that I don’t think I could comprehend in the moment.”
From Los Angeles Times
His melodic baritone filled millions of households with tales of Southerners and soph-ah-mores, with praise for the “big uglies” and proclamations of “Hello, Heisman.”
From Los Angeles Times
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