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Noun: bowdleriser
Usage: Brit (=bowdlerizer)
  1. A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
    "Thomas Bowdler was a famous bowdleriser"
    - expurgator, bowdlerizer

Derived forms: bowdlerisers

See also: bowdlerise [Brit]

Type of: editor, editor in chief

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