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

Derived forms: expurgators

See also: expurgate

Type of: editor, editor in chief

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