strangler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
noun someone who kills by strangling

From strangle + -er.

"THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma? — The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love, William Le Queux
"The man was a phansigar--a religious strangler. — The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer
“It is our Rome,” answered the Strangler. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue

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