captress

captress
\\ˈkaptrə̇s\ noun (-es)
Etymology: captor + -ess
: a female captor

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  • captress — n. female captor, woman who captures cap·tor || kæptÉ™ n. one who captures, one who takes by force …   English contemporary dictionary

  • captress — cap·tress …   English syllables

  • The Water of the Wondrous Isles — Infobox Book | name = The Water of the Wondrous Isles title orig = translator = image caption = author = William Morris illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Kelmscott… …   Wikipedia

  • captor — (n.) 1680s, from L. captor a catcher, agent noun from captus, pp. of capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable)). Fem. form captress recorded from 1867 …   Etymology dictionary

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