| expurgator | (n) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages, Syn. bowdlerizer, bowdleriser |
| Expurgator | n. One who expurgates or purifies. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expurgatorial | a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expurgatorious | a. Expurgatory. [ Obs. ] “Expurgatorious indexes.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expurgatory | a. [ Cf. F. expurgatoire. ] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. “Expurgatory animadversions.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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