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Censor may refer to:
People and organizations
- Roman censor, a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.
- Censor Librorum, an expert called on to advise the bishop of diocese whether or not to grant an imprimatur.
- Imperial censorate, a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, whose duties involved criticizing other officials.
- Censor of St Cuthbert's Society, employed by University of Durham to oversee Society members.
- Cato the Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC), Roman statesman.
- Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), the student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges.
- Censor, the police of the Royal College of Physicians.
- Chief Censor of New Zealand, the head of the government's Office of Film and Literature Classification
Other
- Censorship, the control of speech and other forms of human expression.
- Censoring (statistics), the situation when the value of an observation is only partially known.
- Censor (film), a 2001 film written and directed by Dev Anand.
- "Censor" (song), a single released by the band Skinny Puppy for the song "Dogshit" in 1988
See also
- Sensor, a device or organ that detects or senses a signal or its environment
- Censure, a formal reprimand
- Censer, a small metal or stone dish used for burning incense
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