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Plural of captor

regular plural

The plural of captor is captors.

Forms of captor

Singularcaptor /ˈkæptɚ/
Pluralcaptors
Countablecountable

Captors in a sentence

  • As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.From the entry prisoner of war
  • The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.From the entry deliver
  • He did not say it of his own free will, but because his captors coerced him.From the entry free will
  • He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors.From the entry treatment
  • His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.From the entry vengeful

Meaning of captor

  1. noun One who is holding a captive or captives.
  2. noun One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

Full definition of captor

Questions about the plural of captor

What is the plural of captor?
The plural of captor is captors.
Is captor countable?
Captor is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: captor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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