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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BARY'TONE, a. [Gr. heavy, and tone.] Pertaining to or noting a grave deep sound,or male voice.
BAR'YTONE, n. In music, a male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common base and the tenor,but which does not descend so low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.
2. In Greek Grammar, a verb which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a male singer [syn: baritone, barytone]

Merriam Webster's

variant of baritone

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barytone Bar"y*tone, Baritone Bar"i*tone, a. [Gr. ?; ? heavy + ? tone.] 1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. 2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barytone Bar"y*tone, Baritone Bar"i*tone, n. [F. baryton: cf. It. baritono.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. 2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.