Castrato

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A male singer castrated before puberty so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
  • n. A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
  • adj. Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
  • adj. Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
  • adj. Originally composed for a castrato.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A male person emasculated during childhood for the purpose of preventing the change of voice which naturally occurs at puberty; an artificial or male soprano.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vocaliser    vocalizer    singer    vocalist   
    Cross Reference
    contratenor    soprano    countertenor    eunuch    contratenor altus    sopranista   
    Variant
    castrati   
    Same Context
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