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English Dictionary: prisoner by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prisoner
n
  1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
    Synonym(s): prisoner, captive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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