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Definition of Licenser
1. Noun. An official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications).
Definition of Licenser
1. n. One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.
Definition of Licenser
1. Noun. (alternative form of licensor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Licenser
1. one that licenses [n -S] - See also: licenses
Lexicographical Neighbors of Licenser
Literary usage of Licenser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Dramatic Author discovered seated with the licenser of flays. licenser. ...
(Dramatic Author wonders whether the licenser had intended to direct the choice ..."
2. Anecdote Lives of Wits and Humourists by John Timbs (1872)
"George IV., with whom Colman was an especial favourite, to relieve him in his
difficulties, gave him the office of licenser and Examiner of Plays, ..."
3. The Life of John Milton by Charles Symmons (1822)
"That egregious insult on freedom and the community, a licenser of the press, was
certainly continued throughout the whole duration of their power: though in ..."
4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... above collation gave rise to the conjecture that the licenser liad curtailed
this work of its ' fair proportion,' but on comparing the printed book with ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"The royal licenser expunged several passages from Milton's history, in which
Milton had painted the superstition, the pride, and the cunning of the Saxon ..."
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