STRANGLER

garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker

(noun) someone who kills by strangling

strangler, strangler tree

(noun) an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.

An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Source: Wiktionary


Stran"gler, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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