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CASTRATO (castrati)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does castrato mean?
• CASTRATO (noun)
The noun CASTRATO has 1 sense:
1. a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
Familiarity information: CASTRATO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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