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prisoner
prisoner: n.
1 a person kept in prison.
2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a criminal charge and on trial.
3 a person or thing confined by illness, another's grasp, etc.
4 (in full prisoner of war) a person who has been captured in war. øprisoner of conscience see CONSCIENCE . prisoner of State (or State prisoner) a person confined for political reasons. prisoner's base a game played by two parties of boys etc., each occupying a distinct base or home. take prisoner seize and hold as a prisoner. [ME f. AF prisoner, OF prisonier (as PRISON)]
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