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heldentenor

heldentenor noun: a singer with a deep, strong voice that spans the range between baritone and tenor.

Noun

heldentenor (plural heldentenors)

  1. A singer with a deep, strong voice that spans the range between baritone and tenor
    • The absence of the Lyric's usual work-horse heldentenor William Johns (who, according to Lyric, dropped out of the show--quite uncharacteristically--due to illness) was sadly evident here.1988 October 21, George Grass, “WagnerVision”, in Chicago Reader
    • Over the course of his lifetime, he will be forced to endure ... precocious heldentenors [.]2004, Joe Queenan, True Believers, page 158

Forms of heldentenor

pluralheldentenors

Origin of heldentenor

From German Heldentenor. Literally, “hero tenor”.

Questions about heldentenor

What does heldentenor mean?
Heldentenor means a singer with a deep, strong voice that spans the range between baritone and tenor.
What part of speech is heldentenor?
Heldentenor is a noun.
What is the plural of heldentenor?
The plural of heldentenor is heldentenors.

Words near heldentenor in the dictionary

  1. held with
  2. held with the hare and ran with the hounds
  3. held with the hare and run with the hounds
  4. helda bean
  5. helda beans
  6. heldentenor
  7. heldentenors
  8. helder
  9. Helderman
  10. Heldermans
  11. heldest

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