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castrato

[ka-strah-toh, kuh-; It. kah-strah-taw]

noun, plural cas·tra·ti

[-tee] .

a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.

Origin:
1755–65; < Italian < Latin castrāt(us); see castrate

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castrato (kæˈstrɑːtəʊ)

—n , pl -ti, -tos
	(in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice

[C18: from Italian, from Latin castrātus castrated]

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