bowdlerizer
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Named after Thomas Bowdler, an English physician who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare's works in 1818.
مثال
- The bowdlerizer removed all explicit scenes from the film.
- The publisher hired a bowdlerizer to sanitize the novel.
- Some consider the bowdlerizer to be a form of artistic censorship.
ترکیبهای رایج
Hire a bowdlerizer Work as a bowdlerizer The role of a bowdlerizer Bowdlerizer's task
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages “Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator”