expurgator

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expurgator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

expurgator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]