castrato

2 definitions found

castrato - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

castrato - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  castrato
      n 1: a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains
           a soprano or alto voice