cantatrice
noun
a professional female singer especially of opera.
cantatrices
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pluralof cantatrice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The two fair cantatrices even forgot themselves so far as to come to blows on several occasions, and the scandalous chronicle of the times was enlivened with epigrams, lampoons, libels, and duels in rapid succession.
From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
The most admired cantatrices of to-day drown the words in a wealth of vocalization, and the meaning is lost, even were the language one known to their hearers, which it usually is not.
From Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel Garrison Brinton
Madame Patti once sang Carmen, and Madame Melba essayed Brünnhilde; but I am not aware that either of these famous cantatrices repeated the experiment.
From Style in Singing by W. E. Haslam
