recaptive

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounrecaptive (plural recaptives)

plural recaptives

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

Origin

From re- + captive?

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

recaptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recaptive

MLA

“recaptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recaptive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recaptive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recaptive.

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