CONTRALTO

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

2.
n.

the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.