Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soprano or treble singer: sometimes used attributively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A treble singer.
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- noun a male
soprano singer
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Examples
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Crescentini, the last famous male sopranist, is reputed by history or legend -- the two are not infrequently synonymous -- to have been himself the composer of the well-known aria "_Ombra adorata_," introduced by him in Zingarelli's opera _Romeo e Giulietta_, as also of the prayer sung by Romeo in the same work.
Style in Singing W. E. Haslam
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