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ton·sure ˈtän(t)-shər 
tonsured; tonsuring ˈtän(t)-sh(ə-)riŋ
: to shave the head of
especially : to confer the tonsure upon
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021 Instead, its hair is black, like mine, and raggedly scuttles onto his forehead like the tonsure of a Tibetan yak left out in the rain. Washington Post, 9 July 2020
Noun
His Semitic features suggested intelligence, but his shambling gait and inattention to his tonsure and sartorial presence suggested a man under extraordinary stress. Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021 Instead, its hair is black, like mine, and raggedly scuttles onto his forehead like the tonsure of a Tibetan yak left out in the rain. Washington Post, 9 July 2020 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin tonsura, from Latin, act of shearing, from tonsus, past participle of tondēre to shear — more at tome
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1706, in the meaning defined above
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