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abridgers

abridgers is the plural of abridger.

Meaning of abridger

Noun

abridger (plural abridgers)

  1. One who abridges, a person who shortens written works.
    • […] 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...1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December...
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Questions about abridgers

What is abridgers the plural of?
Abridgers is the plural of abridger.

Words near abridgers in the dictionary

  1. abridged
  2. abridgedly
  3. abridgement
  4. abridgements
  5. abridger
  6. abridgers
  7. abridges
  8. abridging
  9. abridgings
  10. abridgment
  11. abridgments

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