expurgator

C2+ Topic:Describing People
US /ˈɛk.spɚˌɡeɪ.tɚ/ UK /ˈek.spəˌɡeɪ.tə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages

    The expurgator removed passages considered indecent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who edits a text... bowdleriserbowdlerizer
Word family
Forms expurgators

Etymology

From expurgate + -or.

Topics

markdown

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