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captor
[ kap-ter ]
/ ËkĂŠp tÉr /
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noun
a person who has captured a person or thing.
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Origin of captor
Words nearby captor
captive, captive audience, captive market, captivity, captopril, captor, capture, capture beat, captured rotation, Capua, Capuana
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British Dictionary definitions for captor
captor
/ (ËkĂŠptÉ) /
noun
a person or animal that holds another captive
Word Origin for captor
C17: from Latin, from capere to take
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