GARROTER

garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker

(noun) someone who kills by strangling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

garroter (plural garroters)

A person who uses a garrote.

A person who strangles someone from behind.

Anagrams

• 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



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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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