throttler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

throttler
    n 1: someone who kills by strangling [syn: {garroter},
         {garrotter}, {strangler}, {throttler}, {choker}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Throttler \Throt"tler\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
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   2. (Zool.) See {Flasher}, 3
      (b) . [Prov. Eng.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wariangle \War`i*an"gle\, n. [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS.
   wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs (in
   comp.), G. w["u]rgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer,
   killer, and E. worry.] (Zool.)
   The red-backed shrike ({Lanius collurio}); -- called also
   {w["u]rger}, {worrier}, and {throttler}. [Written also
   {warriangle}, {weirangle}, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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