Comstock

Other forms: Comstocks

Definitions of Comstock
  1. noun
    United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
    synonyms: Anthony Comstock
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    crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
    a person or group who pushes to improve an institution or system by changing it
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