- captress
- \\ˈkaptrə̇s\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: captor + -ess: a female captor
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
captress
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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
