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Noun: bowdleriser  'bowd-lu,rI-zu(r) or 'bawd-lu,rI-zu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: 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

Type of: editor, editor in chief

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bow tie
bow window
bow wood
bow[2]
bow[3]
Bowditch
Bowdler
bowdlerisation
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Bowdlerism
bowdlerization
bowdlerize
bowdlerizer
bowed
bowed down
bowed stringed instrument
bowed[2]
bowel
bowel movement