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garrotter

garrotter is the alternative form of garroter.

Meaning of garroter

Noun

garroter (plural garroters)

  1. A person who uses a garrote.
  2. 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

Forms of garrotter

pluralgarrotters

Origin of garrotter

From garrotte + -er.

Questions about garrotter

What is garrotter the alternative form of?
Garrotter is the alternative form of garroter.

Words near garrotter in the dictionary

  1. garroting
  2. garrotings
  3. garrots
  4. garrotte
  5. garrotted
  6. garrotter
  7. garrotters
  8. garrottes
  9. garrotting
  10. garrottings
  11. garrow

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