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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mezzo-soprano.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In music, middle; half; mean; moderate. Abbreviated M.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Mus.) Mean; not extreme.

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  • noun music mezzo-soprano

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
  • noun the female singing voice between contralto and soprano

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Abbreviation of mezzosoprano

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