Censor

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A critic; a reviewer.

II. Censor ·noun One given to fault-finding; a censurer.

III. Censor ·noun 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.

IV. Censor ·noun 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.

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