Definition of Tonsors

1. tonsor [n] - See also: tonsor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonsors

tonsillolingual sulcus
tonsillolith
tonsilloliths
tonsillopathy
tonsillotome
tonsillotomes
tonsillotomies
tonsillotomy
tonsilotome
tonsilotomes
tonsilotomies
tonsilotomy
tonsils
tonsor
tonsorial
tonsors (current term)
tonsure
tonsured
tonsures
tonsuring
tontine
tontine insurance
tontiner
tontiners
tontines
tontons
tonus
tonuses
tony
too

Literary usage of Tonsors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Hundred Days In Europe by Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007)
"I was so pleased with it that I exhibited it to the distinguished tonsors of Burlington Arcade, half afraid they would assassinate me for bringing in an ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"... from which it appears that the ressed was in the habit of employing one : fashionable tonsors. The instruments ferred to by Martial. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"... it appears that the person addressed was in the habit of employing one of the more fashionable tonsors. The instrument* used are referred to by Martial. ..."

4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"I was so pleased with it that I exhibited it to the distinguished tonsors of Burlington Arcade, half afraid they would assassinate me for bringing in an ..."

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