English Explanatory Dictionary

Comstock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. a censor; one who censors

Word forms

Comstock Comstocks

Etymology

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

Derived words

comstockery Comstockian Linburg-Comstock syndrome Linburg-Comstock variation
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