Mezzo-soprano

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mezzo-soprano \Mez"zo-so*pra"no\, a. (Mus.)
     Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; --
     said of the voice of a female singer. -- n.
     (a) A mezzo-soprano voice.
     (b) A person having such a voice.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mezzo-soprano
       n 1: a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto [syn: {mezzo}]
       2: the female singing voice between contralto and soprano [syn:
           {mezzo}]