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Webster 1913 Edition

Strangler

Stran′gler

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Noun.

One who, or that which, strangles.

“The very strangler of their amity.”

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Webster 1828 Edition

Strangler

STRANGLER

,

Noun.

One who strangles.

Definition 2024

strangler

strangler

English

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.

Derived terms

strangler fig

Translations

someone who strangles

Finnish: kuristaja (fi)
French: étrangleur (fr) m, étrangleuse (fr) f
German: Würger (de) m, Würgerin f
Greek: στραγγαλιστής (el) m ‎(strangalistís)
Italian: strangolatore (it) m

Norman: êtranglieux m
Portuguese: estrangulador m
Russian: души́тель (ru) m ‎(dušítelʹ), души́тельница f ‎(dušítelʹnica)
Spanish: estrangulador m