garroter
garroter noun: a person who uses a garrote.
Noun
garroter (plural garroters)
- A person who uses a garrote.
- A person who strangles someone from behind.
- The digestion of evil aroused in him an appetite for worse. It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter.1887, Isabel F. Hapgood, transl., Les Misérables, translation of original by Victor Hugo
- “Because I recognized their sentinel when I glanced out of my window. He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp.1903 September 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC
Forms of garroter
| plural | garroters |
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Origin of garroter
From garrote + -er.
Words that rhyme with garroter
Questions about garroter
- What does garroter mean?
- Garroter means a person who uses a garrote.
- What part of speech is garroter?
- Garroter is a noun.
- What is the plural of garroter?
- The plural of garroter is garroters.
Words near garroter in the dictionary
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