THOMAS BOWDLER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
   Synonym(s)
   • Bowdler (what does Bowdler mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Thomas Bowdler is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • editor (what does editor mean?)
   • editor in chief (what does editor in chief mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • bowdlerize (what does bowdlerize mean?)
   • bowdlerise (what does bowdlerise mean?)
   • expurgate (what does expurgate mean?)
   • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)