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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Expurgator \Ex"pur*ga`tor\ (?; 277), n.
   One who expurgates or purifies.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

expurgator
    n 1: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive
         words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
         [syn: expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser]