a male singer having a high voice
a high adult male singing voice, or a singer with this voice
(used before a noun) denoting a musical instrument having a range below that of the alto instrument
the next to lowest singing part in conventional four-part harmony
the general meaning or implication of something spoken or written
a continuance in a course or activity
Along the cool sequestered vale of life they kept the noiseless tenor of their way — Gray
tenor adj
[Middle English via Old French from Latin tenor uninterrupted course, from tenēre to hold; (sense 3) from the fact that the tenor, a continuous part or melodic line in medieval polyphony, was assigned to this voice]