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Webster 1913 Edition
Captor
Cap′tor
,Noun.
[L., a cather (of animals), fr.
caper
to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Webster 1828 Edition
Captor
CAPTOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
captor
captor
English
Alternative forms
- captour (obsolete, rare)
Noun
captor (plural captors)
- One who is holding a captive or captives.
- One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
Synonyms
- (one holding a captive): guard, jailer, kidnapper
- (one who catches someone or something): arrester, nabber
See also
Translations
one who is holding a captive
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one who has captured something or someone
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Anagrams
Latin
Verb
captor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of captō
References
- captor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CAPTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “captor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.