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Definition of "tonsorial" [ton•so•ri•al]

  • Of or relating to barbering or a barber. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tonsorial" in a sentence
  • "a dandy, and would, perhaps, have preferred being called a tonsorial artist."
  • "For intermittent though necessary expenses, such as tonsorial service, clothing and books."
  • "For a man who appears to have gone into the barbers with a picture of Hitler and said "this please, but without the moustache" to even think of scoring tonsorial points shows a lack of self-knowledge that is staggering even for Barton."
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