Strangler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strangler \Stran"gler\, n.
     One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of
     their amity." --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "strangler":
     Cain, Jack Ketch, apache, assassin, assassinator, beheader,
     bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man,
     cannibal, chastizer, cutthroat, deathsman, desperado, discipliner,
     electrocutioner, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter,
     gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hangman, hatchet man, head-hunter,
     headsman, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater,
     man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide,
     poison, poisoner, punisher, slaughterer, slayer, thug, torpedo,
     trigger man