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noun

Abductor n.

One who abducts.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Abductor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abductor" Quotes from Famous Books

... have been then, that, seeking at the bottom of his lonely thoughts for the unexpected abductor of the gypsy, he thought of the archdeacon. He remembered that Dom Claude alone possessed a key to the staircase leading to the cell; he recalled his nocturnal attempts on the young girl, in the first of which he, Quasimodo, had assisted, the second of which he had prevented. He recalled ...

— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo

... Motte, being your enemy, is mine also; yet I cannot but admit that he has dealt very leniently with the abductor of his daughter by merely shooting him through the lungs, and laying him on a bed of repentance, when he might have prosecuted him as a felon, and sent him to penal servitude!" said the count, severely. "But there," he exclaimed, "I will say no more on that ...

— The Lost Lady of Lone • E.D.E.N. Southworth

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