recaptor

English

Etymology

re- +‎ captor

Noun

recaptor (plural recaptors)

1. One who recaptures, or takes a prize that had been previously taken.
2. One who recovers or attempts to recover by recaption.
   • 1833, David Hughes, A Treatise on the Law Relating to Insurance:

     The only argument to shew that the loss had not then ceased to be total, was built upon a mistaken supposition that the recaptor had a right to demand a sale, and put a stop to any further prosecution of the voyage.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “recaptor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)