tonsor

English

Etymology

From Latin tōnsor (“haircutter, barber”).

Noun

tonsor (plural tonsors)

(obsolete) A barber.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:
  
  “So, tonsor,” says Jones, “I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?”
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, Chapter 27.
  He was speedily shown the way to such an emporium of intelligence, and soon found he was likely to hear all he desired to know, and much more, while his head was subjected to the art of a nimble tonsor.

Related terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tonsor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Orston, rotons, troons

Latin

Etymology

From tondeō (“shear, shave”) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.sor/, [ˈt̪õːs̠ɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.sor/, [ˈt̪ɔnsor]

Noun

tōnsor m (genitive tōnsōris, feminine tōnstrīx); third declension

A haircutter, barber, shaver, clipper.
One who prunes or clips plants.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tōnsor	tōnsōrēs
Genitive	tōnsōris	tōnsōrum
Dative	tōnsōrī	tōnsōribus
Accusative	tōnsōrem	tōnsōrēs
Ablative	tōnsōre	tōnsōribus
Vocative	tōnsor	tōnsōrēs

Related terms

tondeō
tōnsilis
tōnsiō
tōnsōrius
tōnstrīcula
tōnstrīna
tōnstrīnum
tōnstrīx
tōnsūra
tōnsus

References

“tonsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“tonsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tonsor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“tonsor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Noun

tonsor m (plural tonsores)

tonsor

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