Captress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Captress is a noun meaning a female captor.
Meaning
a female captor.
Example Sentences
At least the captress gets, or thinks she has got, what she wants.
Where did the notion that its captress should be a virgin come from? Again, this was likely to be an Indian trait.
Murmurs of expectation, like the purrings of hungry flame, arose from the nearest, who hoped to share in the good fortune of the sorcerer's captress.
Word Forms
- captresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mistress, protectress, copatroness, perpetratrix, comfortress, domina.
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