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Expurgator

nounid 53028·updated May 18, 2026
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a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
bowdleriserbowdlerizer
plural
Expurgators
possessive
Expurgator's
pluralpossessive
Expurgators'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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