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Noun: expurgator  'ek-spu(r),gey-tu(r)
  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

Type of: editor, editor in chief

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