One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work.

synonym: abbreviator.

Roget 201: shortness etc. adj.; brevity; littleness etc. 193; a span.    shortening etc. v.; abbreviation, abbreviature^†; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation^†; reduction etc. (contraction) 195; epitome etc. (compendium) 596.    elision, ellipsis; conciseness etc. (in style) 572.    abridger, epitomist^†, epitomizer^†.    ... show more

Dutch: afkorter, samenvatter