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cap⋅tor

[kap-ter]
–noun
a person who has captured a person or thing.

Origin:
1640–50; < LL, equiv. to cap(ere) to take + -tor -tor
cap·tor   (kāp'tər, -tôr')   
n.  One that takes another as a captive.

[Late Latin captor, hunter, from Latin capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

Captor

Cap"tor\, n. [L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Language Translation for : captor
Spanish: captor,
German: der Fänger,
Japanese: 捕える人
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