censoressn.
/ˈsɛnsərɪs/ A female censor.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > female
censoress1778
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [noun] > one who controls or suppresses > female
censoress1778
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > removal of objectionable passages > one who
book purger1606
expurgator1638
censor1644
censoress1778
castrator1819
1778 F. Burney Let. ?20 Dec. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 205 I am to pass for a censoress now!
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- into a person's books
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- into all the worlds
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