English-Estonian translations for censor

Definition of censor

• One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by w:Classical antiquity|Classical time#Noun|times was a high#Adjective|high judge#Noun|judge of public#Adjective|public behaviour and morality
• An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material#Noun|material or sensitive content#Noun|content in book#Noun|books, film#Noun|films, correspondence, and other medium#Noun|media
• A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution
• To review#Verb|review for, and if necessary to remove#Verb|remove or suppress, content#Noun|content from book#Noun|books, film#Noun|films, correspondence, and other medium#Noun|media which is regard#Verb|regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive
• A hypothetical#Adjective|hypothetical subconscious agency which filter#Verb|filters unacceptable thought#Noun|thought before it reach#Verb|reaches the conscious mind#Noun|mind

Examples

• The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors
• The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils’ correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied
• The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time
• Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

Related words

• censorical