name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Comstock
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M S T AA2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a censor; one who censors
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noun
Meaning 3
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Anthony Comstock
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Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
History
Etymology
The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + Old English stoc (“dwelling”).
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