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Alto
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
(2):
(n.) An alto singer.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alto'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/alto.html. 1828.