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- Italian · calque ofstrozzapreti
- English todaychoke-priest
UK mid-19th century. Calque of Italian strozzapreti, from strozzare (“to choke; to strangle”) + prete (“priest”). Equivalent to choke + priest.
Words from the same roots
Italianstrozzapreti all →
strozzapreti
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.