captor

Example Sentences

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McCrae will receive the poetry award for "In the Language of My Captor," a collection of verse that explores themes of freedom and captivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2018

When they got back to a French dugout and could see, Captive Kurt St�pel, German cyclist, recognized Captor Robert Oubron, French cyclist, against whom he had often pedaled in international races.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or maybe he'll set his eye on Hammerstein's, or the Flatiron, Or some bit of White Wash done By those lads at Washington— Truly he's a crafty geezer, Is your Captor, Mona Lisa!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

It is probable, however, that originally it was only moveable property which was thus permitted to be acquired146 by the Captor.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

After a while his Captor was glad enough to sell him to a neighbour, who took him home and let his wings grow again.

From Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Jones, V. S. Vernon