censoress

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noun

A female censor.

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Meanings

nouncensoress (plural censoresses)

plural censoresses

  1. datedA female censor.

    There's for you! I am to pass for a censoress now!

    1778, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 104

Origin

From censor + -ess.

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APA

censoress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censoress

MLA

“censoress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censoress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “censoress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censoress.

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