Bible Encyclopedias
Shaving Man
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
the officer — frequently a doorkeeper, as at St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford — whose duty it was to shave the beards of the clerics in a college or religious house.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shaving Man'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shaving-man.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.