Definition of Garote

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of garrote) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Garote

1. to garrote [v GAROTED, GAROTING, GAROTES] - See also: garrote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garote

garnishees
garnisher
garnishers
garnishes
garnishing
garnishings
garnishment
garnishments
garnishor
garnishors
garnisht
garniture
garnitures
garookuh
garookuhs
garote (current term)
garoted
garotes
garoting
garotte
garotted
garotter
garotters
garottes
garotting
garpike
garpikes
garran
garrans
garre

Literary usage of Garote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recollections of Mexico by Waddy Thompson (1846)
"... Plough—Indifference to Agricultural Wealth—Robbers on the Road— Execution by the garote—Gaming an Incentive to Robbery—Singular Story of a Robber. ..."

2. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"[also spelt garote] ga'naot, ga'not. same meaning as garrotte. garrotte a. mode of capital punishment; highway robbery performed by throttling the victim ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A quarrel for the crossbow. garrote, garote (ga-rof), ». [Also written garrotte, garotte (after F. garrotter, v.) ; < Sp. garrote, a cudgel, a strong stick, ..."

4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1853)
"The artist had depicted a gentleman of foreign aspect, (supposed to be Monsieur garote, Professor of Modern Languages.) with his hands clasped in an ..."

5. Many Lands and Many People (1875)
"... now crossing the torrent called the garote. In the latter, where the dam and hydraulic works of an old Spanish gold-hunter were still visible in a state ..."

6. Recollections of Mexico by Waddy Thompson (1846)
"... Plough—Indifference to Agricultural Wealth—Robbers on the Road— Execution by the garote—Gaming an Incentive to Robbery—Singular Story of a Robber. ..."

7. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"[also spelt garote] ga'naot, ga'not. same meaning as garrotte. garrotte a. mode of capital punishment; highway robbery performed by throttling the victim ..."

8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A quarrel for the crossbow. garrote, garote (ga-rof), ». [Also written garrotte, garotte (after F. garrotter, v.) ; < Sp. garrote, a cudgel, a strong stick, ..."

9. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1853)
"The artist had depicted a gentleman of foreign aspect, (supposed to be Monsieur garote, Professor of Modern Languages.) with his hands clasped in an ..."

10. Many Lands and Many People (1875)
"... now crossing the torrent called the garote. In the latter, where the dam and hydraulic works of an old Spanish gold-hunter were still visible in a state ..."

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