tonsured Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shave the head of a newly inducted monk
    tonsure.
  2. adjective satellite having a bald spot either shaved or natural
    • tonsured monks

WordNet


Ton"sured adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
    A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson.

Webster 1913