Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strangler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strangler \Stran"gler\, n.
One who, or that which, strangles. ``The very strangler of
their amity.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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