Caruso
- proper noun
- /kəˈruːzoʊ/
- He's gotta get up and sing after Enrico Caruso, the world's greatest voice!
Examples
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I went to my room and listened to my Caruso recordings.
Fiction book (2000) -
O, I'd give anything to hear Caruso sing.
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I sat in my room and listened to my Caruso recordings.
Fiction book (2000) -
I haven't heard a voice that good since Caruso.
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Now, without further ado, I give you The Great Caruso!
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Caruso was singing Pagliacci at the Met.
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You know, they asked Enrico Caruso what he thought of Babe Ruth.
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"Won't you please sing to us, Signor Caruso?" begged the Mayor, who longed for the ornaments of European culture.
Fiction book (2000) -
There was a windup Victrola and records of operatic arias sung by Caruso and Farrar.
Academic text (1998) -
Many opera fans consider Caruso to be one of the greatest tenors of all time.
Synonyms
An Italian opera singer from the late 1800s famous for his powerful voice
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caruso comes from a southern Italian word caruso meaning 'boy' or 'young man' and sometimes 'servant'. A helpful way to remember it is that the name began as a nickname for a young man, and today it is the family name of the famous tenor Enrico Caruso.