strangler

English

Etymology

From strangle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lə/

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Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

1. Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
2. An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Derived terms

• frog-strangler
• toad-strangler
• strangler fig

Translations

someone who strangles

Bulgarian: удушвач m (udušvač) Danish: kvæler c Finnish: kuristaja (fi) French: étrangleur (fr) m, étrangleuse (fr) f German: Würger (de) m, Würgerin f Greek: στραγγαλιστής (el) m (strangalistís), πνίχτης (el) m (pníchtis) Italian: strangolatore (it) m Norman: êtranglieux m Polish: dusiciel (pl) m Portuguese: estrangulador (pt) m Russian: души́тель (ru) m (dušítelʹ), души́тельница (ru) f (dušítelʹnica) Spanish: estrangulador m