1. Bowdler - Noun
2. Bowdler - Proper noun
English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
Source: WordNetEach play is preceded by an introduction where Bowdler summarises and justifies his changes to the text. Source: Internet
Few editors have achieved the notoriety of Thomas Bowdler. Source: Internet
Bowdler applied his literary eraser broadly, and within 11 years of his death in 1825, the word was being used to refer to expurgating books or other texts. Source: Internet
The poet Algernon Charles Swinburne said, "More nauseous and foolish cant was never chattered than that which would deride the memory or depreciate the merits of Bowdler. Source: Internet
His sister Jane Bowdler (1743–1784) was a poet and essayist, and another sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler (Harriet) (1750–1830) collaborated with Bowdler on his expurgated Shakespeare. Source: Internet
The first recorded game to feature a double rook sacrifice was played between Bowdler (white) and H. Conway at London in 1788. Source: Internet