censurer

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noun

One who censures.

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Meanings

nouncensurer (plural censurers)

plural censurers

  1. One who censures.

    […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301

    Synonyms: censor, scolder, vituperator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who censures.

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Origin

From censure + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

censurer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censurer

MLA

“censurer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censurer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “censurer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censurer.

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