throttler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: throttler	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for throttler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throttler n someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wariangle \War`i*an"gle\, n. [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS. wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs (in comp.), G. w[81]rgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and E. worry.] (Zo[94]l.) The red-backed shrike ({Lanius collurio}); -- called also {w[81]rger}, {worrier}, and {throttler}. [Written also {warriangle}, {weirangle}, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throttler \Throt"tler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flasher}, 3 (b) . [Prov. Eng.]