Home › Words › T › tonsortonsortonsor means synonym of barber.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tonsor ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin tōnsor (“barber, hairdresser”), from the supine root of tondēre (“to shave, to shear”) + -or (“-or: forming agent nouns”).nounSynonym of barber.e.g.““So, tonsor,” says Jones, “I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?”” — 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).