noun
Meaning 1
One who is holding a captive or captives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
captor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈkæptɚ/
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rhymes with -æptə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 P T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person who captures and holds people or animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capturer
Antonyms: liberator
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher, surpriser
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: segrestador — one who is holding a captive
- Catalan: segrestadora — one who is holding a captive
- Czech: věznitel — one who is holding a captive
- German: Entführer — one who is holding a captive
- German: Entführerin — one who is holding a captive
- Māori: kaihopu — one who is holding a captive
- Portuguese: captor — one who is holding a captive
- Portuguese: captora — one who is holding a captive
- Spanish: secuestrador — one who is holding a captive
- Spanish: secuestradora — one who is holding a captive
- Swedish: tillfångatagare — one who is holding a captive
- Catalan: atrapador — one who has captured something or someone
- Catalan: atrapadora — one who has captured something or someone
- German: Fänger — one who has captured something or someone
- German: Fängerin — one who has captured something or someone
- Old English: fenġa — one who has captured something or someone
- Portuguese: captor — one who has captured something or someone
- Portuguese: captora — one who has captured something or someone
- Spanish: captor — one who has captured something or someone
- Spanish: captora — one who has captured something or someone
- Swedish: tillfångatagare — one who has captured something or someone