Expurgator (Noun)
Meaning
A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The publisher employed an expurgator to review the novel for objectionable content before releasing it to the public.
- As an expurgator, she carefully removed all profanities from the manuscript to make it suitable for a younger audience.
- In his role as expurgator, he was tasked with censoring any potentially inflammatory language in the sensitive documents.
- The expurgator's revisions to the classic novel were met with criticism from scholars who felt that the changes compromised the author's original intent.
- The company hired a freelance expurgator to scrub their website of any content that could be deemed objectionable or harassing.