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Prisoner - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prisoner : (noun)
1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn:
captive]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Prisoner : \Pris"on*er\, n. [F. prisonnier.]
1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman.
2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or
not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive;
as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. --Bouvier.
Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing.
--Keble.
Prisoner's base. See Base, n., 24.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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