Abductor Definition

ăb-dŭktər
abductors
noun
abductors
One, such as a kidnapper, who abducts.
American Heritage
A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity.
American Heritage Medicine

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Wiktionary

(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward. [early 17th century]

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Noun

Singular:
abductor
Plural:
abductores, abductors

Origin of Abductor

  • From New Latin abductus + -or.

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  • abduct +"Ž -or

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Abductor Sentence Examples

  • Our abductor was nowhere in sight.

  • They stopped looking for Annie's abductor when you were jailed for another crime.

  • The odd tension was between them again, and she wondered what it was about her abductor that made her blood burn, especially when he was so unapproachable.

  • Our second choice is fingering the abductor.

  • While his teenage action was untrustworthy, it was venial compared to abandoning the child to an abductor if that was what the cowering, younger Howie had done!

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RORTOR

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