captor
/ˈkaptə
/noun
A person that catches or confines another: he managed to escape from his captors two nights later...
- This seemed to catch their captor by surprise, but he quickly regained his composure.
- Many of the orange jumpsuit-clad detainees fight their captors at every opportunity.
- I only hope he can escape his captors so that we can remember his further exploits.
Synonyms
jailer, guard, incarcerator, custodian, keeper, enslaver;
Law detainer
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin, from capt- 'seized, taken', from the verb capere.
Rhymes
- unionised
- unionism
- unionist
- unionistic
- unionization
- unionize
- unionized
- Union Jack
- Union Jackery
- Union Jackist
- union joint
- union label
- union list
- union-made
- union-maker
- union nut
- Union of Myanmar
- Union of Serbia and Montenegro
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- unionoid
- union pay
- union pipes
- union purchase
- union rep
- union representative