Definition of Bowdler

1. Noun. English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825).

Exact synonyms: Thomas Bowdler
Generic synonyms: Editor, Editor In Chief
Derivative terms: Bowdlerise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdler

Bovero
Bovey coal
Bovicola
Bovidae
Bovie
Bovinae
Bovini
Bovril
Bowden
Bowden cable
Bowden cables
Bowditch
Bowditch's law
Bowditch effect
Bowdler (current term)
Bowdlerism
Bowen's precancerous dermatosis
Bowenoid cells
Bower
Bowery
Bowie
Bowie's stain
Bowie knife
Bowie knives
Bowiea
Bowiea volubilis
Bowiean
Bowiesque
Bowman's capsule

Literary usage of Bowdler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"ROBERT FORBES, AMNB—I sent a copy of the above to Thomas Bowdler, Esq., under cover to the Revd. Mr. Robert Lyon, who, being dead before receipt, ..."

2. The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Treswell, Augustine Vincent, William Camden, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1889)
"1396.—Argent, two Cornish choughs [in pale] proper. Richard Bowdler of ... Hughe Bowdler of Hope Bowdler.=F. . . . William Bowdler of ..."

3. The Lyon in Mourning: Or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc by Robert Forbes (1896)
"ROBERT FORBES, AMNB—I sent a copy of the above to Thomas Bowdler, Esq., ... NB—I had sent a copy of the 8 lines (page [fj 1847) to Mr. Bowdler, ..."

4. Minutes of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: 1836-1837 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Ross Donnelly (1837)
"Bowdler. Where an Executor advances Money to a Legatee on the Security is a subsequent Mortgagee of such Legacy, who gives Notice to of his Legacy, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"III. " Preliminary Note on some Aluminium Compounds." By GEORGE Bowdler BUCKTON, FKS, and WILLIAM ODLING, MB, FRS Received January 12, 1865. ..."

6. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"Hy the late Mrs. HM Bowdler. 8vo. pp. 244. London : Longman and Co. 1831. THIS little story appears to have been written some years ago, although, ..."

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