tonsor
English
Noun
tonsor (plural tonsors)
- (obsolete) A barber.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by 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?”
- 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.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈton.sor/, [ˈtõː.sɔr]
Noun
tōnsor m (genitive tōnsōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tōnsor | tōnsōrēs |
| Genitive | tōnsōris | tōnsōrum |
| Dative | tōnsōrī | tōnsōribus |
| Accusative | tōnsōrem | tōnsōrēs |
| Ablative | tōnsōre | tōnsōribus |
| Vocative | tōnsor | tōnsōrēs |
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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
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