"strangler" meaning in English

See strangler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strangler.wav Forms: stranglers [plural]
Etymology: From strangle + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|strangle|er}} strangle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} strangler (plural stranglers)
  1. Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who strangles): удушвач (udušvač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kvæler [common-gender] (Danish), kuristaja (Finnish), étrangleur [masculine] (French), étrangleuse [feminine] (French), Würger [masculine] (German), Würgerin [feminine] (German), στραγγαλιστής (strangalistís) [masculine] (Greek), πνίχτης (pníchtis) [masculine] (Greek), strangolatore [masculine] (Italian), êtranglieux [masculine] (Norman), dusiciel [masculine] (Polish), estrangulador [masculine] (Portuguese), души́тель (dušítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), души́тельница (dušítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), estrangulador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-strangler-en-noun-~6Olsv0e Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'someone who strangles': 90 10
  2. An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows. Categories (topical): Murder Categories (lifeform): Plants
    Sense id: en-strangler-en-noun-O2QUYfgO Disambiguation of Murder: 39 61 Disambiguation of Plants: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frog-strangler, toad-strangler, strangler fig

Inflected forms

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