Captor
['kæptə] or ['kæptɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- My captor, whose name was Tars Tarkas, was virtually the vice-chieftain of the community, and a man of great ability as a statesman and warrior. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Lioness, she has found her captor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her captor alone could cheer her; his society only could make amends for the lost privilege of liberty. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It seemed a strangely inopportune moment for a proud member of a proud race to unbend in casual conversation with a captor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My captor merely strode up to the rostrum, the others making way for him as he advanced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He asked his captors for water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here his captors were joined by two other persons, apparently belonging to the gang. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Suffice it, for the present, that I am your friend, and, so far as our captors will permit, your protector and your servant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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