captor

== English == === Alternative forms === captour (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæptɚ/ Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ) === Noun === captor (plural captors) One who is holding a captive or captives. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. ==== Synonyms ==== (one holding a captive): guard, jailer, kidnapper (one who catches someone or something): arrester, nabber ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === captee captive captivity === Anagrams === cartop, proact == Latin == === Etymology === From the verb capīo (“to take, capture, seize”). === Verb === captor first-person singular present passive indicative of captō === Noun === captor m (genitive captōris, feminine captrīx); third declension one who catches or captures captor hunter, huntsman ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === Descendants === === References === “captor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "captor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “captor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin captor. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ Hyphenation: cap‧tor === Noun === captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras) captor === Further reading === “captor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “captor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “captor”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “captor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French capteur. === Noun === captor n (plural captoare) sensor ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== “captor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin captor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kabˈtoɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: cap‧tor === Noun === captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras) captor === Further reading === “captor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025