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[syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Throttler \Throt"tler\, n.
1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
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2. (Zool.) See Flasher, 3
(b) . [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wariangle \War`i*an"gle\, n. [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS.
wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs (in
comp.), G. w["u]rgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer,
killer, and E. worry.] (Zool.)
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also
w["u]rger, worrier, and throttler. [Written also
warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
throttler
n 1: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter,
garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]