Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garroter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gar-rot-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who uses a garrote.

noun

A person who strangles someone from behind.

Example Sentences

"The digestion of evil aroused in him an appetite for worse. It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter."
"“Because I recognized their sentinel when I glanced out of my window. He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp."

Etymology

From garrote + -er.

Inflected Forms

garroters (plural)

Synonyms

garrotter strangler throttler choker

Rhymes With

potter hotter otter trotter spotter cotter squatter plotter blotter totter rotter jotter

Questions

What does garroter mean?: A person who uses a garrote.
Where does garroter come from?: From garrote + -er.

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