/ 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 .
/ 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 .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005