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Meanings of garrotter in English

Portuguese
estrangulador
Catalan
estrangulador
Spanish
estrangulador

Someone who kills by strangling.

estrangulador
Usage of garrotter in English
1
The garrotter had long nails, and was pretty smart at swinging himself over walls.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
2
But the public garrotter, he is a bad thing too.
Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
3
Many a man had they seen with his throat in the hands of the public garrotter; and all had begun with denials who ended thus.
Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
4
Another unpleasant sight which reporters are now spared is the flogging of garrotters.
Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
5
After dinner at the Birds' one evening we fell to talking of garrotters.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
6
Garrotters pursued their calling, deterred only by the cat-o'-nine tails, pickpockets abounded and burglaries were common.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
7
"Yes," said the Colonel slowly, "but this does not mean common garrotters.
Jack Haydon's Quest
8
No one was stabbed, no one was kidnapped and no one took a wrong turn into the clutches of a gang of garrotters.
The Guardian
9
"A garrotter, most likely," said Smith.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
Frequent collocations
Translations for garrotter
Portuguese
estrangulador
Garrotter through the time