castrato

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cas=tra=to

CIDE DICTIONARY

castrato, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

castrato, n. (pl. castrati) hist. a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.

Etymology

It., past part. of castrare: see CASTRATE