CENSOR
\sˈɛnsə], \sˈɛnsə], \s_ˈɛ_n_s_ə]\
Definitions of CENSOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
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subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
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forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
By Princeton University
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a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
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subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
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One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
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A critic; a reviewer.
By Oddity Software
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One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
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One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
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A critic; a reviewer.
By Noah Webster.
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An official appointed to examine books, plays, motion pictures, etc., before publication or performance, to as certain that there is nothing immoral or offensive in them; hence, in general, one who finds fault; a critic; in time of war, an official who examines all printed matter, mail, newspaper cablegrams, etc., in which information of value to the enemy might be written.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In ancient Rome, an officer who kept account of the property of the citizens, imposed taxes, and watched over their morals; in modern times, an officer who examines books or newspapers before they are printed, and whose permission is necessary for their publication: one who censures or blames.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An official examiner empowered to prohibit publication of manuscripts; one who censures; a critic.
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An ancient Roman magistrate.
By James Champlin Fernald