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tonsorial (iou)



tonsorial adjective. Chiefly joc. E19.
[from Latin tonsorius, from tonsor barber, from tons-: see TONSURE, -IAL.]
Of or pertaining to a barber or hairdressing.
Thackeray A tonsorial practitioner in the Waterloo Road.
tonsorialist noun (joc.) a barber M19.