Definition of Countertenors

1. Noun. (plural of countertenor) ¹

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Definition of Countertenors

1. countertenor [n] - See also: countertenor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countertenors

countersuit
countersuits
countersung
countersunk
countersunk hole
countersurge
countersurges
countersurveillance
countersway
countersways
countertactic
countertactics
countertendencies
countertendency
countertenor
countertenors (current term)
counterterm
counterterms
counterterror
counterterrorism
counterterrorist
counterterrorists
counterterrors
countertheme
counterthemes
countertheories
countertheory
countertheses
counterthesis
counterthought

Literary usage of Countertenors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Veto Power of the Governor of Illinois by Niels Henriksen Debel (1917)
"In 1512 it was composed of fifteen persons — six children and nine men, basses, tenors and countertenors,3 and then cost Northumberland £35: 15s. annually, ..."

2. The Household of a Tudor Nobleman by Paul Van Brunt Jones (1918)
"In 1512 it was composed of fifteen persons — six children and nine men, basses, tenors and countertenors,3 and then cost Northumberland £35: 15s. annually, ..."

3. The history of the violin, and other instruments played on with the bow from by William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster (1864)
"... and in referring to the harmony produced by the twenty-four royal fiddlers, who consisted of six treble violins, six countertenors, six tenors, ..."

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