castraton.
A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.
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1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 63 An Italian Castrato (who hath laboured at this Refinement through his whole Life).
1879 E. Gosse Stud. Lit. N. Europe 147 The Italian Opera..with its gang of castrati.
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