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When they laid out his body "it was found that this ironist, this witty censurer, had worn a hair shirt."

From Time Magazine Archive

I rather think the author wishes to be taken by Gray's admirers for a ridiculer of Johnson, and by the tatter's for a censurer of Gray.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

It is easy to find a censurer of the sins of the land, but hard to find a true mourner for the sins of the land.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

You give me the name of a ready censurer.

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

Peevish, querulous, a panegyrist of former times when he was a boy, a chastiser and censurer of his juniors.

From The Works of Horace by Horace