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Definition of Censor

Censor
Censor Cen"sor, n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.] 1. (Antiq.) 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. 2. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries. 3. One given to fault-finding; a censurer. Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. --Rambler. 4. A critic; a reviewer. Received with caution by the censors of the press. --W. Irving.

Meaning of Censor from wikipedia

- Look up censor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Censor may refer to: Cato the Elder, also known as Cato the Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC)...
- The censor was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects...
- 1947 independence of India, autonomous regional censors were absorbed into the Bombay Board of Film Censors. The Cinematograph Act of 1952 reorganised the...
- A bleep censor is the replacement of offensive language or classified information with a beep sound (usually a 1000 Hz sine wave), used in television and...
- Censor bars, also known as black bars, are a basic form of text, photography, and video censorship in which "sensitive" information or images are occluded...
- Censoring may refer to: Censoring (statistics) Censorship Internet censorship This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Censoring...
- Investigating censors (Chinese: 監察御史; lit. 'Monitoring & Investigating Royal Scribes/historians') were Censorate officials in imperial China's civil bureaucracy...
- Censor is a 2021 British psychological horror film directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. It was produced from a screenplay by Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher...
- The Right to Censor (frequently referred to as RTC) was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as...
- This article deals with the censor. For the Caesar (335-337) Flavius Dalmatius, son of the censor, see Dalmatius. Flavius Dalmatius (died 337), also known...