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abridger|əˈbrɪdʒə(r)|
[f. abridge v. + -er1.]
One who or that which abridges, shortens, or makes abridgments; a summarizer, synoptist, or compiler.
1555Fardle of Facions ii. iv. 137 I rather fansie..to folowe the founteines of the first Authours, then the brokes of abredgers. 1651tr. Bacon, Life and Death 21 The Great Abridger of Age was the Floud. 1699Burnet 39 Articles (1700) xxii. 222 He was an Abridger of a larger Work. 1858H. Miller Sch. & Schoolm. 451 A concocter of paragraphs, or an abridger of Parliamentary debates. |