Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bowdleriser

1 sense of bowdleriser

Sense 1
expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser -- (a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator")
       => editor, editor in chief -- (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))