What is the meaning of tenor?

noun

• The adult male singing voice above baritone.
  • synonyms: tenor voice
• The pitch range of the highest male voice.
• An adult male with a tenor voice.
• A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life.
  • usage: "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"
• The general meaning or substance of an utterance.
  • usage: "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
  • synonyms: strain

adjective

• Of a musical instrument. ( intermediate between alto and baritone or bass)
  • usage: "a tenor sax"
• Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice.
  • usage: "tenor voice"