Obs. [f. CAPTIVE v. + -ER.] One who takes captive; a captor.
1613. P. Forbes, On Rev., 200. Now they who did slay with the sword, are slaine by the sword: and the Captiuers are captiued.
1640. Featly, Reinolds, in Fuller, Abel Rediv. (1867), II. 222. Without captiver both are captive led.
