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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.
Pronunciation
Noun
captor (plural captors)
- One who is holding a captive or captives.
- One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
Synonyms
Translations
one who is holding a captive
one who has captured something or someone
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the verb capio (“I take, capture, seize”).
Verb
captor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of captō
Noun
captor m (genitive captōris); third declension
- who catches or captures
- a captor
- a hunter, huntsman
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- captor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin captor.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: cap‧tor
Noun
captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)
- captor
2018 November 13, “A espada” (18:58 from the start), in She-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Adora (Lina Mendes), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix:Prefiro não trocar gentilezas com meus captores.
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin captor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: cap‧tor
Noun
captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)
- captor
2015 July 17, “Dos detenidos por secuestrar a una joven por una deuda de drogas”, in El País:Los agentes pudieron rescatar a la mujer un día y medio más tarde, cuando sus captores la trasladaban en un vehículo.- The police officers were able to rescue the woman a day and a half later, when her captors were transporting her in a vehicle.
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