| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| tonsorial |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ton·so·ri·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t n-sôr  - l, -s r- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to barbering or a barber. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin tnsrius, from tnsor, barber, from tnsus, past participle of tondre, to shear. See tem- in Appendix I.
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