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Bowdler

noun

English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825). Synonym: Thomas Bowdler.

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... should have procured one of the earliest of the works which were rapidly becoming famous. From the Cottons it passed to the family of Bowdlers, one of whom married a daughter of the last baronet; and the grandson of this Mr. Bowdler left the book to the father of the writer of this sketch, now living in Dorchester, who still makes use of the book in the religious instruction ...

— Little Gidding and its inmates in the Time of King Charles I. - with an account of the Harmonies • J. E. Acland

... Esq., M.P. for Yarmouth, gave his voluntary attendance and assistance to the committee, during all these motions, and J. Bowdler, Esq., was elected a member ...

— The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the - Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) • Thomas Clarkson

Words linked to "Bowdler" : editor, editor in chief