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单词 expurgator
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expurgatorn.

/ˈɛkspəːɡeɪtə//ɛkˈspəːɡətə/
Etymology: as if < Latin *expurgātor, agent-noun < expurgāre : see expurgate v.
One who expurgates or purifies; esp. one who strikes out objectionable passages from books.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > removal of objectionable passages > one who
book purger1606
expurgator1638
censor1644
censoress1778
castrator1819
1638 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 3 Eusebius..and St Augustine..may well be by both sides allowed an Expurgator.
1688 R. Jenkin Historical Exam. Authority Councils i. §3 Boschornius.. was one of the principal Expurgators.
1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 283 The inoffensive book of Grotius..was put amongst the Libri Prohibiti, by those Expurgators.
1811 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 6 333 The expurgator of the book.
1861 Life & Corr. Bacon xix. 387 He has not merely procured Coke's dismissal..but has had himself appointed expurgator to his Reports.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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