captor

[ kap-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who has captured a person or thing.

Origin of captor

1
1640–50; <Late Latin, equivalent to cap(ere) to take + -tor-tor

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How to use captor in a sentence

  • Both had been interested from the very beginning in the mystery of the strange girl and her two women captors.

  • Digby in the scuffle, while bravely trying to escape, let go his whip, which fell to the ground unperceived by his captors.

    Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
  • In vain Digby expostulated, and threatened, and at last entreated his captors to let him return home.

    Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
  • It opened easily, and was not barred; but we soon discovered the cause of this seeming negligence on the part of our captors.

    Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • Out of the panic at Big Shanty two men emerged, determined, if possible, to foil the unknown captors of their train.

British Dictionary definitions for captor

captor

/ (ˈkæptə) /


noun
  1. a person or animal that holds another captive

Origin of captor

1
C17: from Latin, from capere to take

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