garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker
(noun) someone who kills by strangling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
garroter (plural garroters)
A person who uses a garrote.
A person who strangles someone from behind.
• regrator
Source: Wiktionary
Gar*rot"er, n.
Definition: One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
