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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