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Prisoner

//ˈpɹɪzənə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.

    "Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him."

  2. 2
    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war wordnet
  3. 3
    Any person held against their will.

    "And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords / And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, / Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue / For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home."

  4. 4
    A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.

    "I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God."

Etymology

From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.

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