kidnappern.

Brit.

/ˈkɪdˌnapə/, U.S.

/ˈkɪdˌnæpər/

Forms: Also 1600s kidknapper, kidnabber, (U.S.) kidnaper.

Etymology: formed as kidnap v. + -er suffix¹. Originally kidˈnapper (quot. c1679 at main sense); also in Johnson, Ash, etc.; so still in northern use.

One who kidnaps children or others; a stealer of human beings. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > kidnapper or abductor > [noun]

man-thiefeOE

men-stealer1526

man-stealer1582

spirit1611

plagiary1613

spiriter1665

kidnapper1678

silver-cooper1796

abductor1809

body snatcher1852

shanghaier1917

snatcher1932

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Kidknappers [1696–1706Kidnappers], those that make a trade of decoying and spiriting away young children to Ship them for foreign Plantations.

c1679 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 13 How like kid-nappers all the day In every corner they survey.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 124 Thou practises the craft of a Kidnapper, thou gatherest up Women, and Children, and carriest them into a strange Countrey.

1778 A. Hamilton Let. 12 Mar. in Papers (1961) I. 438 For punishing Kidnappers or persons who aid the enemy in carrying off the peaceable inhabitants.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. i. 191 The Thessalian kidnapper had stolen the blind girl from gentle parents.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 434 It is dangerous to remain in their villages at this time of year when kidnappers are abroad.

1909 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. I. 149 Americans write kidnaper, which to an Englishman would suggest [kidneipə] or [-nəpə].

1969 Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 3A/2 The two men..freed themselves moments after the kidnaper abducted Miss Birdsong and called police.

1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 19 The kidnapers agreed to call the Millers back several hours later.

Derivatives

kidˈnappery n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun]

rape1436

abreption1550

man-stealing1577

plagium1577

raptc1614

abduction1632

man-stealth1663

plagiary1673

kidnapping1682

enlevement1769

plagiat1809

body-snatching1840

kidnappery1890

snatching1931

shanghaiing1985

1890 Murray's Mag. Apr. 463 The regions of kidnappery, slave-trading, and freebooting!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kidnapper
释义	kidnappern. Brit. /ˈkɪdˌnapə/, U.S. /ˈkɪdˌnæpər/ Forms: Also 1600s kidknapper, kidnabber, (U.S.) kidnaper. Etymology: formed as kidnap v. + -er suffix¹. Originally kidˈnapper (quot. c1679 at main sense); also in Johnson, Ash, etc.; so still in northern use. One who kidnaps children or others; a stealer of human beings. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > kidnapper or abductor > [noun] man-thiefeOE men-stealer1526 man-stealer1582 spirit1611 plagiary1613 spiriter1665 kidnapper1678 silver-cooper1796 abductor1809 body snatcher1852 shanghaier1917 snatcher1932 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Kidknappers [1696–1706Kidnappers], those that make a trade of decoying and spiriting away young children to Ship them for foreign Plantations. c1679 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 13 How like kid-nappers all the day In every corner they survey. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 124 Thou practises the craft of a Kidnapper, thou gatherest up Women, and Children, and carriest them into a strange Countrey. View more context for this quotation 1778 A. Hamilton Let. 12 Mar. in Papers (1961) I. 438 For punishing Kidnappers or persons who aid the enemy in carrying off the peaceable inhabitants. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. i. 191 The Thessalian kidnapper had stolen the blind girl from gentle parents. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 434 It is dangerous to remain in their villages at this time of year when kidnappers are abroad. 1909 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. I. 149 Americans write kidnaper, which to an Englishman would suggest [kidneipə] or [-nəpə]. 1969 Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 3A/2 The two men..freed themselves moments after the kidnaper abducted Miss Birdsong and called police. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 19 The kidnapers agreed to call the Millers back several hours later. Derivatives kidˈnappery n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun] rape1436 abreption1550 man-stealing1577 plagium1577 raptc1614 abduction1632 man-stealth1663 plagiary1673 kidnapping1682 enlevement1769 plagiat1809 body-snatching1840 kidnappery1890 snatching1931 shanghaiing1985 1890 Murray's Mag. Apr. 463 The regions of kidnappery, slave-trading, and freebooting! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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