one who strangles, one who kills another by choking
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Strangler Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who, or that which, strangles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who, or that which, strangles.
strangler
\stran"gler\ (?), n. one who, or that which, strangles. "the very strangler of their amity."
strangler
n
1. an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree [syn: strangler tree]
2. someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, throttler, choker]
similar words(2)
florida strangler fig
strangler fig
Noun
1. an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
(synonym) strangler tree
(hypernym) air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
(hyponym) pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
(derivation) strangle, strangulate, throttle
2. someone who kills by strangling
(synonym) garroter, garrotter, throttler, choker
(hypernym) killer, slayer
(derivation) strangle, strangulate, throttle
