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captour

captour is the obsolete spelling 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

Forms of captour

pluralcaptours

Questions about captour

What is captour the obsolete spelling of?
Captour is the obsolete spelling of captor.

Words near captour in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: captour (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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