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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who abbreviates or shortens.
2. 2
   one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work wordnet
3. 3
   One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

abridgerabridger

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.

Related phrases

seventy two

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