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GARROTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garroter mean?
• GARROTER (noun)
The noun GARROTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who kills by strangling
Familiarity information: GARROTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who kills by strangling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
choker; garroter; garrotter; strangler; throttler
Hypernyms ("garroter" is a kind of...):
killer; slayer (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)
Derivation:
garrote (strangle with an iron collar)
Context examples
He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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