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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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The psychic barrier which prevents certain unconscious thoughts and wishes from coming to consciousness unless they are so cloaked or disguised as to be unrecognizable.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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
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An officer in ancient Rome, charged with the taking of the census, imposing taxes, and watching over the manners and morals of the citizens; in modern times a person appointed to examine all manuscripts and books before they are published, and see that they contain nothing heretical or immoral; one addicted to censure.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An officer in anc. Rome who imposed taxes and punished immorality; in some countries, a person who inspects all MSS. before they are permitted to be printed or published; one given to fault-finding.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
