expurgator

Other forms: expurgators

Definitions of expurgator
  1. noun
    a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
    “Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator”
    synonyms: bowdleriser, bowdlerizer
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    type of:
    editor, editor in chief
    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
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