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Definition of mezzo-soprano noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mezzo-soprano

noun

NAmE//ˌmɛtsoʊ səˈprænoʊ//

, NAmE//ˌmɛdzoʊsəˈprænoʊ//

(also mezzo) (pl. mezzo-sopranos, mezzos) (from Italian)

a singing voice with a range between soprano and alto; a woman with a mezzo-soprano voice

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