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castrato

Noun

cas=tra=to

WORDNET DICTIONARY

castrato(n = noun.person) - a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice;

castrato, n. [L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate.].

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift. [1913 Webster]

castrato, n. (pl. castrati) hist. a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.

Etymology

It., past part. of castrare: see CASTRATE