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expurgator|ˈɛkspɜːgeɪtə(r), ɛkˈspɜːgətə(r)|
[as if a. L. *expurgātor, agent-n. f. expurgāre: see expurgate.]
One who expurgates or purifies; esp. one who strikes out objectionable passages from books.
1638Ld. G. Digby Let. conc. Religion (1651) 3 Eusebius..and St. Augustine..may well be by both sides allowed an Expurgator. 1688R. Jenkins Hist. Exam. Councils i. §3 Boschornius.. was one of the principal Expurgators. 1760Jortin Erasm. II. 283 The inoffensive book of Grotius..was put amongst the Libri Prohibiti, by those Expurgators. 1811Southey in Q. Rev. VI. 333 The expurgator of the book. 1861Life & Corr. Bacon xix. 387 He has not merely procured Coke's dismissal..but has had himself appointed expurgator to his Reports. |