Captivator

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who captivates, or holds one captive.

    "Had she been the mere adroit captivator some-times imagined, she could never have exercised this posthumous ascendency over Petrarch's thoughts."

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"Had she been the mere adroit captivator some-times imagined, she could never have exercised this posthumous ascendency over Petrarch's thoughts."

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