English Explanatory Dictionary

recaptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slave freed by the British Royal Navy from a slave ship and brought to Freetown, now Sierra Leone's capital city.

Word forms

recaptive recaptives

Etymology

From re- + captive?

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