'Throttler' definitions:

Definition of 'throttler'

From: WordNet
noun
Someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]

Definition of 'Throttler'

From: GCIDE
  • Throttler \Throt"tler\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) See Flasher, 3 (b) . [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'throttler'

From: GCIDE
  • Wariangle \War`i*an"gle\, n. [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS. wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs (in comp.), G. w["u]rgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and E. worry.] (Zool.) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also {w["u]rger}, worrier, and throttler. [Written also warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]