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Is tonsor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tonsor is a Scrabble US word. The word tonsor is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is tonsor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tonsor is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

T1O1N1S1O1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

NOSTRO,ROTONS,TONSOR,

5-letter words (14 found)

OONTS,RONTS,ROONS,ROOST,ROOTS,ROTON,ROTOS,SNOOT,SNORT,STOOR,TOONS,TOROS,TORSO,TRONS,

4-letter words (25 found)

ONOS,ONST,ONTO,OONS,OONT,OOTS,ORTS,RONT,ROON,ROOS,ROOT,ROST,ROTO,ROTS,SNOT,SOON,SOOT,SORN,SORT,TONS,TOON,TORN,TORO,TORS,TRON,

3-letter words (19 found)

NOO,NOR,NOS,NOT,ONO,ONS,OON,OOR,OOS,OOT,ORS,ORT,ROO,ROT,SON,SOT,TON,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

NO,ON,OO,OR,OS,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 69 words from tonsor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tonsor

tonsor

Etymology

From Latin tōnsor (“barber, hairdresser”), from the supine root of tondēre (“to shave, to shear”) + -or (“-or: forming agent nouns”).

Noun

tonsor (plural tonsors)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of barber.

Related terms

References

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

Anagrams

  • Orston, rotons, troons

Latin

Etymology

From the supine stem of tondeō (“to clip, to trim”) +‎ -tor (“-or”, suffix forming agent nouns).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

References

  • “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

Spanish

Noun

tonsor m (plural tonsores)

  1. tonsor

Source: wiktionary.org