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castrato

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Noun
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cas=tra=to

CIDE DICTIONARY

castraton. [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

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