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Hostage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hostage : (noun)
1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another
party will meet specified terms [syn: surety]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hostage : \Hos"tage\, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F.
[^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L.
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a
guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as
a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
Host a landlord.]
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of
the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on
the performance of which the person is to be released.
Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall
talk before we fight. --Shak.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to
fortune. --Bacon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hostage : a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for
the performance of some promise, etc. (2 Kings 14:14; 2 Chr.
25:24).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Hostage |
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leprincemusic: RT @DivaNikkiZ: Let's recap... Buju Faces Time for Intent to distribute Cocaine.. Vinci, Pocaan, Sean Storm allegedly held Hostage in Guyana |
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jodotcom: RT @Karoli: @cynthiaboaz Clearly the ppl are not in charge with Joe Lieb. 56% in CT support what he opposes. The country is Hostage. |
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DeevasInc: RT @DivaNikkiZ: Let's recap...... Vinci, Pocaan, Sean Storm allegedly held Hostage in Guyana,<~ok what!? Wtf is going on! |
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