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prisoner

[priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]

noun

  1. a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.

  2. prisoner of war.

  3. a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.



prisoner

/ ˈɪəə /

noun

  1. a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason

  2. a person confined by any of various restraints

    we are all prisoners of time

  3. informalto be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions

  4. to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prisoner1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French. See prison, -er 2
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The unit was part of "Storm-V", a detachment of the 127th motorised rifle division made up almost entirely of freed prisoners.

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Plaschke’s column helped to remind me that I am not alone and this dreaded disease indeed takes no prisoners no matter who you are.

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Many Palestinian prisoners languish in what Israel calls “administrative detention,” a status created for Palestinians that allows lengthy detention without charge.

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Medinsky announced that Russia would begin exchanging "severely wounded prisoners" on Thursday.

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Kurdish human rights group Hengaw said at least 582 prisoners, including 19 political, religious, and security inmates, had been executed in Iranian prisons so far this year.

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