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Comstock

Comstock proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Comstock

  1. A surname.

Noun

Comstock (plural Comstocks)

  1. a censor; one who censors
    • Self-appointed Comstocks among us have for years been dedicated to the unholy quest of seeking out and destroying books considered unfavorable.1967, Samuel W. Taylor, “Peculiar People, Positive Thinkers and the Prospects of Mormon Literature,”, in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Forms of Comstock

pluralComstocks

Origin of Comstock

The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + Old English stoc (“dwelling”).

Words formed from Comstock

Questions about Comstock

What does Comstock mean?
Comstock means a surname.
What part of speech is Comstock?
Comstock can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Comstock in the dictionary

  1. comship
  2. comshipper
  3. comshippers
  4. COMSOC
  5. Comsomol
  6. Comstock
  7. comstockery
  8. Comstockian
  9. Comstockism
  10. Comstocks
  11. COMSUBFOR

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