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abridger
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Noun abridger has 1 sense
- abridger(n = noun.person) abbreviator - one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work; Array is a kind of redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter
Derived form verb abridge1
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abridger
Shortness
N shortness, brevity, littleness, a span, shortening, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation, reduction, epitome, elision, ellipsis, conciseness, abridger, epitomist, epitomizer, short, brief, curt, compendious, compact, stubby, scrimp, shorn, stubbed, stumpy, thickset, pug, chunky, decurtate, retrousse, stocky, squab, squabby, squat, dumpy, little, curtailed of its fair proportions, short by, oblate, concise, summary, shortly, in short.
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