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recaptives

recaptives is the plural of recaptive.

Meaning of recaptive

Noun

recaptive (plural recaptives)

  1. (historical) A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.

Questions about recaptives

What is recaptives the plural of?
Recaptives is the plural of recaptive.

Words near recaptives in the dictionary

  1. recaptivated
  2. recaptivates
  3. recaptivating
  4. recaptivation
  5. recaptive
  6. recaptives
  7. recaptor
  8. recaptors
  9. recapturable
  10. recapture
  11. recaptured

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