Counter-tenor

kown'iei-tai'or, n. name applied to alto, when sung hy a male voice (so called, because a contrast to tenor) Countervail, kown-tei-val', v t to be of avail against: to act against with equal effect to be ol equal value to. [Counter and Avail.] Counte . Sec under Count. Country, kun'tri, n a rural legion as distinct from a town a tract of land the land in which one was horn, or in which one resides —adj. belonging to the country rustic rude Fr. lontrie — Low L contrat a, contra a a, an extension of L contra over against. It was a name adapted by the German settlers in Gaul as a translation of Ger. gi'gend, region (from gcgtU, over against) Country-dance. See Contra-dance Countryman, kun'tri-in.in, « one who lives in the country a farmer one born in the same country with another.