CASTRATO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: castrati   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("castrato" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

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