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Meaning of TONSURED

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 Definition: [adj]  having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks"
 
 Synonyms: hairless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ton"sured\, a.
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

      A tonsured head in middle age forlorn.   --Tennyson.
 

 

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