captor

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkæptɚ/ UK /ˈkæptə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like copter /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #40908

Meanings

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noun
a person or group that captures and holds a person, animal, or place

The prisoner refused to reveal any information to his captor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or group that... capturerjailer

Opposites

captive prisoner

Word family

Forms captor’s

Derived forms recaptor

Related forms capture captive captivity

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin captor 'one who takes or seizes', from Latin capere 'to take, seize'. It is related to capture, captive, and captivity.

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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