tonsour (s.xiv1)
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tonsour (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  tonsus 13/ii,32b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tonsure (tonsour)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tonsor n.  MED:  tonsor n.  DMLBS:  tonsor 3352a
toncer  

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1occupationlivestocksheep-shearer: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  les chars de mes bestes que j'ai occis a mes tonsours  88.1413
2occupationtextileshearman, one who remove the nap of wollen cloth: 
( MS: 1419 )  frisers, toncers et tapicers  723
tonsour de moneie
1curr.finan.clipper, one who fraudulently mutilates coins by paring the edges: 
( 1402 )  tonsours du monoye del coigne le roy  iii 504
( 1421 )  les lavours, tonsours, et controfaitours de la moneie d’Engleterre  ii 208
toison  tonser  tonsioun  tonsure 
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