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Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.
Terry Waite

Meaning of "captor" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPTOR

From Latin, from capere to take.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPTOR

captor  [ˈkæptə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Captor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAPTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Captor

Captor or CAPTOR may refer to: ▪ Captivity ▪ Euroradar CAPTOR, or Captor-M, the radar system of the Eurofighter Typhoon ▪ CAPTOR mine, the United States Navy's primary anti-submarine naval mine ▪ Mark 60 CAPTOR is the United States Navy 's primary anti-submarine naval mine ▪ Ninja Captor ▪ USS Captor...

Definition of captor in the English dictionary

The definition of captor in the dictionary is a person or animal that holds another captive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPTOR


accepter
əkˈsɛptə
acceptor
əkˈsɛptə
adaptor
əˈdæptə
chapter
ˈtʃæptə
copter
ˈkɒptə
corruptor
kəˈrʌptə
descriptor
dɪˈskrɪptə
Gupta
ˈɡʌptə
helicopter
ˈhɛlɪˌkɒptə
interceptor
ˌɪntəˈsɛptə
interchapter
ˌɪntəˈtʃæptə
interruptor
ˌɪntəˈrʌptə
oviraptor
ˈəʊvɪˌræptə
raptor
ˈræptə
recaptor
riːˈkæptə
receptor
rɪˈsɛptə
scepter
ˈsɛptə
sculptor
ˈskʌlptə
subchapter
ˈsʌbˌtʃæptə
velociraptor
vəˈlɒsɪræptə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPTOR

captious
captiously
captiousness
captivance
captivate
captivating
captivatingly
captivation
captivator
captivaunce
captive
captive audience
captive breeding
captive market
captive-bred
captivities
captivity
captopril
capture
capturer

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPTOR

amboceptor
baroreceptor
caveat emptor
chemoreceptor
disruptor
exceptor
excerptor
inceptor
ionotropic receptor
level descriptor
lithontriptor
mechanoreceptor
metabotropic receptor
nociceptor
photoreceptor
preceptor
proprioceptor
receiptor
susceptor
thermoreceptor

Synonyms and antonyms of captor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAPTOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «captor» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of captor

Translation of «captor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPTOR

Find out the translation of captor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of captor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «captor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掳掠者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

captor
570 millions of speakers

English

captor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपहरणकर्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الآسر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

похититель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capturador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দিকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ravisseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penangkap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entführer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

捕らえられた人・動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포획자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Captor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người bắt giư người nào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைப்பற்றிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कैद करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tutan kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carceriere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Captor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викрадач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

captor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιχμαλωτίζων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vanger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

captor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kidnapperen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of captor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPTOR»

The term «captor» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPTOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «captor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «captor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about captor

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QUOTES WITH «CAPTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word captor.
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Terry Waite
Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPTOR»

Discover the use of captor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to captor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stolen
STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.
Lucy Christopher, 2011
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Flee the Captor
The story of John Henry Weidner, a hero of history's greatest holocaust, who saved the lives of 800 Jews, more than 100 Allied aviators, and many others who fled Nazism.
Herbert Ford, 1966
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My Lady Captor
For when he's finally rescued by his men, Sorcha will pay dearly for her treachery--and loving her could put both their lives in peril. . . Praise for the Novels of Hannah Howell "Howell offers readers another captivating tale.
Hannah Howell, 2009
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Falling for My Captor
Rose Daubson decides to go to Europe to escape her repetitious life.
Megan Whaley, 2010
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The Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis
The first book-length treatment of artistic ecphrasis in Roman literature, The Captor's Image challenges pervasive views to argue for it as a site of subtle, ongoing competition between Greek and Roman cultures.
Basil Dufallo, 2013
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Captor of My Heart
While ministering to the sick in the English countryside, a lovely young woman and her father are abducted by a dashing aristocrat loyal to the deposed Stewart king as part of his scheme to regain his family's honor and destroy Cromwell.
Donna Valentino, 1999
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Undercover Captor
Cynthia Eden. She kissed him back just as fiercely. Her arms curled around his neck and she pulled him tightly to her. She didn't care where they were. She had him in her arms again, and she'd take this moment while she could. It was her ...
Cynthia Eden, 2014
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Forbidden Captor
He'd fallen into enemy hands.
Julie Miller, 2010
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My Lady Captor
On the border of war-torn England and Scotland, a young lady makes a desperate attempt to save her Scottish clan by kidnapping a knight and holding him for ransom, but as she tends to his wounds, he tends to her heart. Original.
Anna Jennet, 1996
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Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men's Violence, and ...
Captive develops sexual dysfunction (if relationship with captor becomes sexual). 44. Captive expects the same exploitation from others as she or he receives from captor. 45. Captive begins to have difficulty forming close interpersonal ...
Dee L.R. Graham, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term captor is used in the context of the following news items.
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The struggle to be a good mother behind bars, the transient nature of prison friendships, the way captivity makes both captive and captor less ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Two teenage Yazidi sex slaves relive horror of being ISIS slaves
One, a 19-year-old mother, says she allowed her first captor who 'bought her' to rape her 'whenever he wanted' because he would beat her ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Tablet technology for Typhoon jets
Further developments continue on capability enhancements for Typhoon including integration of the Captor E-Scan radar, Meteor, Storm ... «Arabian Aerospace, Jul 15»
4
Awantha Artigala: Sri Lanka's quiet cartoonist
Brought to his knees, the villager was defiantly exhorting his captor to shoot him, but the latter's gun was fake – made of wood. «Sri Lanka Guardian, Jul 15»
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Gruesome Tales for Gruesome Times
It is often described as "bonding with the captor" the captive starts expressing empathy and feelings of loyalty towards their captors and would ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Theater Review: Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' aging gracefully at …
... (aided by revealing face costuming and make-up), and he portrays earnestly the important transition from angry captor to sympathetic hero. «The Independent | SUindependent.com, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon: Rafa's captor Dustin Brown knocked out
London: Dustin Brown's fairytale Wimbledon came crashing to a halt on Saturday as the flamboyant conqueror of two-time champion Rafael ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
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Mills and Boon writer celebrates new book deal
Her first book 'Falling For Her Captor' scored rave reviews on Amazon with readers calling it 'gripping' and 'unputdownable'. Now Claire, who ... «Macclesfield Express, Jul 15»
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When animals 'go bad' - the 'criminal' creatures which made the news
Eight people were stalked by the animal for three hours, and one man who tried to escape the furry captor was forced to fight it off with his ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
10
Man denies grabbing police Captor spray
Anthony Holmes, aged 37, will face a trial at Exeter Crown Court at which he is also accused of arming himself with a can of Captor incapacitant ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»

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