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abridger
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who abridges. (First attested in the mid 16 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=8)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work [syn: abbreviator ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abridger \A*bridg"er\, n. One who abridges.
Usage examples of abridger.
And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.
For all such go-to-market magi are quite correctly informed that of all abridgers and condensers of Power Lore, Xolot is unquestionably the best.