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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRANGLER, n. One who strangles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, strangler tree]
2: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]

Merriam Webster's

noun see strangle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Strangler Stran"gler, n. One who, or that which, strangles. ``The very strangler of their amity.'' --Shak.

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