cap ‧ tor /ˈkæptə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Latin captus ; ⇨ ↑ captive 1 ]
someone who is keeping another person prisoner ⇨ captive :
He managed to escape from his captors.
cap ‧ tor /ˈkæptə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Latin captus ; ⇨ ↑ captive 1 ]
someone who is keeping another person prisoner ⇨ captive :
He managed to escape from his captors.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012