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Noun Concept
Categories: Obsolete occupations, Webarchive template wayback links, All articles needing additional references, Voice types, Androgyny
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castrato  Boys Voices  Castrado  castrati  castrato singer
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A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice WordNet 3.0
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A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A castrato is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. Wikipedia
Type of male singer who is castrated in order to maintain a high voice Wikidata
A male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. OmegaWiki
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer. Wiktionary
Male soprano or alto voice; the singer. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
singer
Fach
eunuch
HAS KIND
Antonio Bernacchi
Giovanni Battista Velluti
Caffarelli
Giovanni Manzuoli
Nicolo Grimaldi
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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wiktionary
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OmegaWiki
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Wikipedia Redirections
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Boys Voices, Castrado, castrati, castrato singer, castratos, Castratto, Castroite, Eunuch singer, evirato, List of castrati
Wikidata Alias
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castrato voice

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