Captor and Prisoner

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Captor noun - A person who captures and holds people or animals.

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Prisoner is an antonym for captor.

Nearby Words: capture, captive

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

Usage example: the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day

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Captor is an antonym for prisoner.

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

fellow	fellow captor	fellow prisoner
female	female captor	female prisoner
alien	alien captor	alien prisoner
original	original captor	original prisoner
Other adjectives: fake, male, helpless, new, former, mysterious, Nazi, elderly.

In the Middle Ages, the noble may be related to his captor, and nobles were held prisoner primarily to obtain a ransom.

Source: Luxury Prison Suite
Slowly the prisoner and her captor grow closer, with a turning point being when the captor scares the prisoner to flee the castle on horseback and saving her from Savage Wolves, nearly dying in the process.

Source: Fanfic / Hope For The Heartless
Slowly the prisoner and her captor grow closer, with a turning point being when the captor scares the prisoner to flee the castle on horseback and then saves her from Savage Wolves, nearly dying in the process.

Source: Whole Plot Reference

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