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Definition of censor : 1. A critic; a reviewer.
2. One given to fault- finding; a censurer.
3. One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
4. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; - an official in some European countries.

Synonyms:

blackball, show, shun, black out, suppress, banish, cast out, guardian of morals, include, stifle, expurgator, ban, bowdlerize, ostracise, ostracize, examiner

conceal, obscure, blind, disguise, enshroud, camouflage, screen, cloak, mask, hide, hush, bury

erase, expunge, annihilate, cancel, eliminate, annul, eradicate, edit, cut, obliterate, delete, omit, strike, expurgate

his lordship, expert, negotiator, mediator, magistrate, administrator, judiciary, adjudicator, his honor, judge, referee, lord chancellor, justice, arbitrator, umpire, moderator, reconciler, authority

Usage examples:

• These two bards may have trouble with the censor morum,- the censor literarum they can brave with perfect confidence. - "A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature", George Saintsbury.
• How do you suppose it got by the censor! - "Out of the Air", Inez Haynes Irwin.
• John said it was not, and that it was one of the erroneous statements he had most frequently to censor in the men's letters. - "Non-combatants and Others", Rose Macaulay.