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Well, I’m an abridger, so I’m entitled to a few ideas of my own.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Then begin men to aspire to the second prizes; to be a profound interpreter and commenter, to be a sharp champion and defender, to be a methodical compounder and abridger.

From Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature by Bacon, Francis

He is rather an able and animated abridger of the chronicles, than an historian.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

Some learned judges have, indeed, held that an abridger is a benefactor, but as his benefactions are not his own, but another's, a shorter name might be found for him.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

Of the happy results of literary habits in advanced life, the Count DE TRESSAN, the elegant abridger of the old French romances, in his "Literary Advice to his Children" has drawn a most pleasing picture.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac