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Barber vs Tonsor - What's the difference?

barber | tonsor |

As nouns the difference between barber and tonsor

is that barber is a person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards while tonsor is a barber.

As a verb barber

is to cut the hair or beard of (a person).

As a proper noun Barber

is {{surname}.

barber

English

Noun

(wikipedia barber) (en noun)
  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.

    • Synonyms

    * hairdresser, hair-dresser * hairstylist, hair-stylist

    Derived terms

    * barber's itch * barber pole / barber's pole * barbershop * barber surgeon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  • (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 29:
    • ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’

    tonsor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A barber.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
    (Webster 1913) ----