CAPTOR


Meaning of CAPTOR in English

/ ˈkæptə(r); NAmE / noun

( formal ) a person who captures a person or an animal and keeps them as a prisoner

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Latin , from capt- seized, taken, from the verb capere .

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