tonsorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

tonsor (複数形 tonsors)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of barber.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     “So, tonsor,” says Jones, “I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?”

   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 27, in The Fortunes of Nigel:

     He was speedily shown the way to such an emporium of intelligence, and soon found he was likely to hear all he desired to know, and much more, while his head was subjected to the art of a nimble tonsor.

関連する語

アナグラム

• Orston, rotons, troons

参照

• “tonsor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

語源

From the supine root of tondēre (“to clip, to trim”) +‎ -or (“-or: forming agent nouns”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.sor/, [ˈt̪õːs̠ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.sor/, [ˈt̪ɔnsor]

名詞

tōnsor m (genitive tōnsōris, feminine tōnstrīx); third declension

1. barber, a person who cuts hair professionally, particularly for men.
2. gardener, a person who prunes and trims plants professionally.

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

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参照

• “tonsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tonsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tonsor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “tonsor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers