tonsor

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tonsor

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From Latin tōnsor (“barber, hairdresser”), from the supine root of tondēre (“to shave, to shear”) + -or (“-or: forming agent nouns”).

noun tonsors

obsolete Synonym of barber. “So, tonsor,” says Jones, “I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?”
Similar: barber

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@misc{tonsor_2026,
  title = {tonsor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tonsor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}