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coun⋅ter⋅ten⋅or

  [koun-ter-ten-er]
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–noun Music.
1. an adult male voice or voice part higher than the tenor.
2. a singer with such a voice; a high tenor.
Also called male alto.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME cownturtenur, appar. < AF; cf. MF contreteneur, OIt contratenore, equiv. to contra- contra-2 + tenore tenor
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