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Bowdler

noun

1 Bowdler

English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825).

synonym: Thomas Bowdler.

is an instance of: editor, editor in chief.

derivation: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten.

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