Abbreviator

n.	1.	One who abbreviates or shortens.
	2.	One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is 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.

Noun

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abbreviator - one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work Synonyms: abridger

abbreviate, abridge, abridger, contract, cut, foreshorten, redact, redactor, reduce, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, shorten