Prisoner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prisoner \Pris"on*er\, n. [F. prisonnier.]
     1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman.
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     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.
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              Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing.
                                                    --Keble.
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     {Prisoner's base}. See {Base}, n., 24.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prisoner
       n : a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn:
            {captive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "prisoner":
     POW, accused, cageling, captive, chain gang, con, convict,
     correspondent, defendant, detainee, detenu, ex-convict, gaolbird,
     internee, jailbird, libelee, lifer, parolee, political prisoner,
     prisoner of war, respondent, stir bird, suspect,
     ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, trusty, two-time loser