"captor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæptɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-captor.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-captor.wav Forms: captors [plural]
Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor+|en|LL.|captor}} Borrowed from Late Latin captor, {{der|en|la|capiō}} Latin capiō Head templates: {{en-noun}} captor (plural captors)
  1. One who is holding a captive or captives. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (one holding a captive): guard, jailer, kidnapper Translations (one who is holding a captive): věznitel [masculine] (Czech), Entführer [masculine] (German), Entführerin [feminine] (German), kaihopu (Maori), captor [masculine] (Portuguese), captora [feminine] (Portuguese), secuestrador [masculine] (Spanish), secuestradora [feminine] (Spanish), tillfångatagare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-captor-en-noun-hTTXLYzI Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 41 26 7 2 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 31 5 2 2 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'one holding a captive': 86 14 Disambiguation of 'one who is holding a captive': 77 23
  2. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. Synonyms (one who catches someone or something): arrester, nabber Translations (one who has captured something or someone): Fänger [masculine] (German), Fängerin [feminine] (German), fenġa [masculine] (Old English), captor [masculine] (Portuguese), captora [feminine] (Portuguese), captor [masculine] (Spanish), captora [feminine] (Spanish), tillfångatagare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-captor-en-noun-TWelBWGJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 31 5 2 2 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'one who catches someone or something': 38 62 Disambiguation of 'one who has captured something or someone': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: captour [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: captress, recaptor Related terms: captee, captive, captivity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "word": "tillfångatagare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "captor"
}

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