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captors

captors is the plural of captor.

Meaning of captor

Noun

captor (plural captors)

  1. One who is holding a captive or captives.
    Synonyms:
    guard, jailer, kidnapper
  2. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
    Synonyms:
    arrester, nabber

Questions about captors

What is captors the plural of?
Captors is the plural of captor.

Words near captors in the dictionary

  1. captor
  2. captorhinid
  3. captorhinids
  4. captorhinomorph
  5. captorhinomorphs
  6. captors
  7. captour
  8. captours
  9. captress
  10. captresses
  11. capts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: captors (page history and authors); captor (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.

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