strangler

English

Etymology

strangle +‎ -er

Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Derived terms

strangler fig

Translations

someone who strangles

Danish: kvæler c
Finnish: kuristaja (fi)
French: étrangleur (fr) m, étrangleuse (fr) f
German: Würger (de) m, Würgerin f
Greek: στραγγαλιστής (el) m (strangalistís), πνίχτης (el) m (pníchtis)

Italian: strangolatore (it) m
Norman: êtranglieux m
Portuguese: estrangulador (pt) m
Russian: души́тель (ru) m (dušítelʹ), души́тельница (ru) f (dušítelʹnica)
Spanish: estrangulador m

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