(Latin) a man's barber entrusted with complete body care, cura corporis; a tonsor had assistants who worked with him to groom a man according to the latest fashion; grooming included shaving and haircuts; due to the lack of sharp scissor blades, Roman men preferred a curly hair style to conceal the poor tonsus, or haircut, resulting from blunt iron... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10135