English Dictionary: prisoner | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |