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Definition of Castrato
1. Noun. A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice.
Definition of Castrato
1. n. A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
Definition of Castrato
1. Noun. A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice. ¹
2. Noun. A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer. ¹
3. Adjective. (literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. ¹
4. Adjective. Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato ''(noun)''. ¹
5. Adjective. Originally composed for a castrato. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Castrato
1. a singer castrated in boyhood [n -TOS or -TI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castrato
Literary usage of Castrato
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1878)
"... which, there can be little doubt, is the place whose remains occupy the Puntone
del castrato.5 This may have fallen into decay before the domination of ..."
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