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cap·tor
 captor
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- pronunciation:
- kaep
t
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who takes or holds someone or something captive.
The prisoners worked out a plan to escape from their captors. |
adjective + (n.)captor
alleged, armed, chief, free, fundamentalist, male, would-be
verb + (n.)captor
convince, cooperate, escape, forgive, free, negotiate, plead, rape, release, spit, struggle
(n.)captor
+ verb
beat, demand, execute, fear, force, kidnap, kill, shove, threaten, torture, treat
noun + (n.)captor
captive, captivity, plea, prisoner, rebel, reference, representation, submission, sympathy, video
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The word captor
contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, bursar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, drinker, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, laborer, lecher, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, scribbler, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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