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BNC: 1932 COCA: 2419

prisoner

noun

pris·​on·​er ˈpriz-nər How to pronounce prisoner (audio)
ˈpri-zᵊn-ər
1
: a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody
especially : one on trial or in prison
2
: someone restrained as if in prison
a prisoner of her own conscience

see also take-no-prisoners, take no prisoners

Example Sentences

He was captured by rebel forces and kept as their prisoner for several months before they set him free. The families were held prisoner for four days.
Recent Examples on the Web In exchange for the vigilante justice, Barnett said Pitz offered the prisoner enforcers more freedoms. Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The beating captured by surveillance video occurred on Jan. 12, 2018, after the prisoner spat in the direction of Newland and another officer. Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022 That first meeting between the paratrooper and the prisoner in May 1945 would eventually lead to others, including a face-to-face reunion 60 years later in Texas. Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The Conservation Camp Program endured, but officials emphasized the benefits to the state, such as cost savings and conservation, rather than the welfare of the individual prisoner. Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022 Peters blocks the stabbing attempt, then throws Duran to the ground and radioes for help before jumping on the prisoner to handcuff him, the video shows. David K. Li, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022 But on Friday -- in a surreal case of life imitating art -- Straka portrayed the prisoner in the cell. Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 The verdict also now places added attention on the potential prisoner exchange the U.S. government recently offered to Russia. Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 More time passed until she was finally allowed out, blindly passing the Russian prisoner exchanged for her. Lori Hinnant And Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of prisoner was in the 14th century

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