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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who captures and holds people or animals;
[syn: captor, capturer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Captor \Cap"tor\, n. [L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

captor n 1: a person who captures and holds people or animals [syn: captor, capturer] [ant: liberator]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

CAPTOR, war. One who has taken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy. 2. Formerly, goods taken in war were adjudged to belong to the captor; they are now considered to vest primarily, in the state or sovereign, and belong to the individual captors only to the extent that the municipal laws provide. 3. Captors are responsible to the owners of the property for all losses and damages, when the capture is tortious and without reasonable cause in the exercise of belligerent rights. But if the capture is originally justifiable, the captors will not be responsible, unless by subsequent misconduct they become trespassers ab initio. i Rob. R. 93, 96. See 2 Gall. 374; 1 Gall. 274; 1 Pet. Adm. Dee. 116; 1 Mason, R. 14.