captor
cap·tor
(kăp′tər, -tôr′)n.
One that takes another as a captive.
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captor
(ˈkæptə)n
a person or animal that holds another captive
[C17: from Latin, from capere to take]
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cap•tor
(ˈkæp tər)n.
a person who has captured a person or thing.
[1640–50; < Late Latin, = Latin cap(ere) to take + -tor -tor]
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captor
noun jailer or gaoler, guard, keeper, custodian They did not know what their captors had planned for them.
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Translations
آسِر، سابِ
únosce
bortfører
fogvatartó
sá sem tekur til fanga; ná á sitt vald
tutsak eden
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captive
(ˈkӕptiv) nouna prisoner. Two of the captives escaped.
adjectivekept prisoner. captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive.
capˈtivity nouna state of being a prisoner, caged etc. animals in captivity in a zoo.
ˈcaptor nouna person who captures someone. He managed to escape from his captors.
ˈcapture (-tʃə) verb1. to take by force, skill etc. The soldiers captured the castle; Several animals were captured.
2. to take possession of (a person's attention etc). The story captured his imagination.
noun1. the act of capturing.
2. something caught. A kangaroo was his most recent capture.
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