captor
/ˈkæptɚ/
captor noun: one who is holding a captive or captives.
Noun
captor (plural captors)
- One who is holding a captive or captives.
- One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
captor meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
captor in Urdu
- آسر, گرفتار کرنے والا, قید کرنے والا
captor in Malayalam
- jailer, guard, incarcerator
- തടവുകാരനാക്കുന്നയാൾ, മറ്റൊരാളെ തടവിലാക്കുന്നവൻ, ജയിലധികാരി, ജയിലർ, ജയിൽ സൂക്ഷിപ്പുകാരൻ, വന്ദീപാലൻ
Examples of captor in a sentence
- As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
- The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
- He did not say it of his own free will, but because his captors coerced him.
Synonyms of captor
Forms of captor
| plural | captors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | captour |
Origin of captor
Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.
Words formed from captor
Words that rhyme with captor
Questions about captor
- What does captor mean?
- Captor means one who is holding a captive or captives.
- What is captor in Urdu?
- Captor in Urdu is آسر, گرفتار کرنے والا, قید کرنے والا. See Captor meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is captor?
- Captor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce captor?
- Captor is pronounced /ˈkæptɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of captor?
- The plural of captor is captors.
Words near captor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: captor (page history and authors); captor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); captor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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.
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