[a. L. tonsor barber, agent-n. f. tondēre to shear, clip.]

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  1.  A barber.

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1656.  [see TONSORIOUS].

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1721.  Bailey, Tonsor, a Barber.

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1749.  Fielding, Tom Jones, VIII. vi. ‘So, tonsor,’ says Jones, ‘I find you have more trades than one.’

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1866.  R. Chambers, Ess., Ser. II. 16. When we sit under the tonsor … we fall into chat.

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  † 2.  A clipper of coin. Obs.

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1697.  Evelyn, Numism., vii. 225. Not our Tonsors only, Clippers and False Monyers.

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