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Webster 1913 Edition

Abductor

Ab-duc′tor

,

Noun.

[NL.]

1.

One who abducts.

2.

(Anat.)

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body;

as, the

abductor oculi

, which draws the eye outward

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abductor

ABDUC'TOR

,

Noun.

In anatomy, a muscle which serves to withdraw, or pull back a certain part of the body; as the abductor oculi, which pulls the eye outwards.

Definition 2024

abductor

abductor

English

Noun

abductor ‎(plural abductors)

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]^[1]

Antonyms

abductee

Translations

kidnapper

Chinese:
Mandarin: 誘拐者 (zh), 诱拐者 (zh) ‎(yòuguǎizhě), 綁架者 (zh), 绑架者 (zh) ‎(bǎngjiàzhě), 劫持者 (zh) ‎(jiéchízhě)
Dutch: ontvoerder (nl) m, kidnapper (nl) m
Finnish: ihmisryöstäjä, kidnappaaja (fi)
French: abducteur (fr) m, abducteuse f
German: Entführer (de) m, Entführerin (de) f
Greek: απαγωγέας (el) m, f ‎(apagogéas)

Japanese: 誘拐犯 ‎(ゆうかいはん, yūkaihan)
Malay: penculik
Portuguese: raptor m, sequestrador (pt) m
Romanian: răpitor (ro) m
Russian: похити́тель (ru) m ‎(poxitítelʹ), похити́тельница (ru) f ‎(poxitítelʹnica)
Southern Altai: уурчы ‎(uurçı)
Spanish: raptor (es) m, secuestrador (es) m

Etymology 2

From New Latin abductus + -or.

Noun

abductor ‎(plural abductors or abductores)

(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]^[1]
the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

Antonyms

Translations

muscle

Dutch: abductor m, afvoerder m
Esperanto: abduktoro, abdukcimuskolo, abdukcia muskolo
Estonian: eemaldaja (et), abduktor (et), eemaldajalihas (et)
Finnish: loitontajalihas (fi), abduktori (fi), loitontaja (fi)
German: Abduktor (de) m
Greek: απαγωγός μυς m ‎(apagogós mys)
Icelandic: fráfærir
Latin: musculus abductor m, abductor m

Lithuanian: atitraukiamasis raumuo m, abduktorius (lt) m
Malay: abduktor
Polish: abduktor (pl)
Portuguese: abdutor m
Romanian: mușchi abductor (ro)
Russian: абду́ктор (ru) m ‎(abdúktor), отводя́щая мы́шца f ‎(otvodjáščaja mýšca)
Spanish: abductor (es) m

References

1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3

Spanish

Noun

abductor m ‎(plural abductores)

(anatomy) abductor

Derived terms