captor

nounone who has captured a person or thing

Synonyms for captor

noun one who has captured a person or thing

detainer
holder
impounder
imprisoner
incarcerator
jailer
capturer
conqueror
conquistador
defeater
subduer
subjugator
master
overlord
owner

Antonyms for captor

deliverer
discharger
emancipator
liberator
releaser
surrenderer

Word Origin & History

1680s, from Latin captor "a catcher," agent noun from captus, past participle of capere "to take" (see capable). Earlier it meant "censor" (1640s). Fem. form captress recorded from 1867.

Example Sentences forcaptor

He changed his position so that he could see his captor better.

His captor chuckled for a few moments and then called out in Russian.

Mad with rage and fright, he clawed and bit at the neck of his captor.

Baltasar complied, and captive and captor advanced to the horses.

If he is caught, he pays his captor ten arrow heads ransom for his life.

He led the way into the tent, raising the flap for Jimmie and his captor to pass.

But her captor's hold was not even shaken, and he laughed at the impotence of her attempt.

Stuart, who was no fool, realized that his new host—or, was it captor?

The other she could not see, but that he was her captor she had no doubt.

There must be some cavity in the rocks where his captor meant to hold him for awhile as prisoner.