throttler

== English == === Etymology === From throttle + -er. === Noun === throttler (plural throttlers) (sometimes figuratively) One who or that which throttles. Missionary Review of the World; 1878-1939 (volume 20, part 2, page 723) […] a crowd of ragged, discharged soldiers, who, having served a government which takes and never gives, returning home without pay, took vengeance on the legalized throttlers of travel and trade.