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Definition of Thomas bowdler
1. Noun. English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825).
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Literary usage of Thomas bowdler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Review (1852)
"thomas bowdler, MA Rivingtons. WE remember, some years ago, reading a paper in
a religious periodical, of which we forget the name, on the subject of ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"thomas bowdler (1754-1825) has, as editor of the ' Family Shakespeare,' been made
to furnish the English language with a series of words with unjustly ..."
3. The Lyon in Mourning: Or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc by Robert Forbes (1896)
"Sentence of death was pronounced against him by the Lords of Justiciary on March
22nd, 1754. COPY of PARAGRAPH from thomas bowdler, Esq., near Bath. ..."
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