abridger

noun
/əˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɚ/US

Etymology

From abridge + -er.

  1. derived from abbrevio — “make brief
  2. derived from abregier
  3. inherited from abreggen
  4. suffixed as abridger — “abridge + er

Definitions

  1. One who abridges, a person who shortens written works.

    • I am an abridger. When I tell people, at a party for instance, that I am an abridger, their faces cloud with confusion and I always have to explain. What I do is take the written work of other people and compress it.

The neighborhood

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