Plural of captive

Forms of captive

Captives in a sentence

• Can we not have a button day 'for all prisoners and captives'?2018, Kate Ariotti, Captive Anzacs, page 101. From the entry button day
• The officers, hoping to make their troops obey orders, massacred whole prisonfuls of captives.2011, Will Whitaker, The King’s Diamond, HarperPress, →ISBN, page 311. From the entry prisonful
• What Latter-day Saint will find the interpretive-ministrational key and gift to liberate these captives for God’s kingdom?1987, Scott Abbott, Steven Epperson, “House of the Temple, House of the Lord: A View from Philadelphia”, in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon…. From the entry ministrational
• Strong and brave warriors could have concubines from among their kalgi, that is, female war captives.1984, Richard Austin Pierce, Notes on the Islands of the Unalashka District, page 194. From the entry kalgi
• Few captives could survive the journey from the Sonoran settlements to Seriland—one of the world’s most difficult.1962, Ronald L. Ives, The Legend of the “White Queen” of the Seri, in Western Folklore, Vol. 21, No. 3. From the entry Seriland

Meaning of captive

1. noun One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
2. noun One held prisoner.
3. noun One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

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Questions about the plural of captive

What is the plural of captive?

The plural of captive is captives.

Is captive countable?

Captive is a countable noun.