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captor

[kap-ter] Origin

cap·tor

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

Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin, equivalent to cap(ere) to take + -tor -tor
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Captor is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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captor (ˈkæptə)
 
n
a person or animal that holds another captive
 
[C17: from Latin, from capere to take]

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captor
1688, from L. captor, agent noun from capere "to take" (see capable). Fem. form captress recorded from 1867.
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