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Castrato : (noun)
1: a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a
soprano or alto voice
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Castrato : \Cas*tra"to\, 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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