caitive

A captive.

Noun

A captive.
- What hard mishap him brought to such distresse, And made that caitives thrall, the thrall of wretchedness - 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William...
- When whelmed in their wicked worke those cursed Caitives lay The Earth their mother tooke their bloud yet warme and (as they say) Did give it life. - 1567, Ovid, “(please specify the book number or chapter)”, in Arthur...