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Definition of captor noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

captor

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈkæptər//
 
(formal)
 
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a person who captures a person or an animal and keeps them as a prisoner The hostages were treated well by their captors.
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