captor
noun/ˈkæptə(r)/
/ˈkæptər/
(formal)- a person who captures a person or an animal and keeps them as a prisoner
- The hostages were treated well by their captors.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.Definitions on the go
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