abductor

US/æbˈdʌk.tɚ/

abductor noun: one who abducts; a kidnapper.

Noun (1)

abductor (plural abductors)

One who abducts; a kidnapper.

Noun (2)

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
- the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

abductor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

abductor in Hindi

kidnapper: अपहरणकर्ता apharaṇkartā, अपहर्ता aphartā

abductor in Tamil

kidnapper: கடத்தல்காரன் kaṭattalkāraṉ, கடத்தல்காரர் kaṭattalkārar

abductor in Kannada

ಹಾರಿಸುಗ, ಅಪಹಾರಕ ಸ್ನಾಯು, ದೂರಸರಿಕ

abductor in Arabic

kidnapper: مُخْتَطِف muḵtaṭif

More languagesFewer languages

abductor in Malay: penculik, abduktor

Antonyms of abductor

Forms of abductor

plural	abductors
plural	abductores

Origin of abductor

Borrowed from Latin abductor, By surface analysis, abduct + -or.

From Medieval Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

Words formed from abductor

Phrases with abductor

abductor oculi

Questions about abductor

What does abductor mean?: Abductor means one who abducts; a kidnapper.
What is abductor in Hindi?: Abductor in Hindi is अपहरणकर्ता (apharaṇkartā), अपहर्ता (aphartā). See Abductor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is abductor?: Abductor is a noun.
How do you pronounce abductor?: Abductor is pronounced /æbˈdʌk.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of abductor?: The plural of abductor is abductors.

Words near abductor in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: abductor (page history and authors); abductor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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