Censor

Censor may refer to:

• Censorship, the control of speech and other forms of human expression.
• Roman censor, a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.
• Cato Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC), Roman statesman.
• Censor Librorum, a Church official who approves and, if necessary, removes material from texts for publication.
• Imperial censorate, a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, whose duties involved criticizing other officials.
• 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.
• Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), the student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges.
• Censor of St Cuthbert's Society, employed by University of Durham to oversee Society members.
• Censor, the police of the Royal College of Physicians.

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