prisoner

nounperson jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will

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noun person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will

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hostage

noun. person held captive until captor's demand is met

Word Origin & History

"person in prison, captive person," late 14c. (earlier "a jailer," mid-13c., but this did not survive Middle English), from Old French prisonier "captive, hostage" (12c., Modern French prisonnier), from prisoun (see prison (n.)). Captives taken in war have been called prisoners since mid-14c.; phrase prisoner of war dates from 1670s (see also POW). Prisoner's dilemma attested from 1957.

Example Sentences for prisoner

But for the knowledge that he was a prisoner, Robert would have enjoyed his present situation.

Daubenton and a huissier departed with the prisoner and four gendarmes.

I trust that I am now the prisoner of some honorable knight or gentleman.

Even after the shutting of the door behind the prisoner, the pause endured for some moments.

Mother's made a prisoner of the professor already, but he doesn't know it.

Then I command you, in the name of the Queen, to give no assistance to this prisoner, but to do as I tell you.

If you will let me go and tell the doctor, I will come back here and be your prisoner.

Napoleon, the prisoner in the school "lock-up," raged for a while like a caged lion.

Simba next called to Mali-ya-bwana to interrogate the other prisoner apart.

But now I am a prisoner, while I might be with the little people in the Congo.

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Synonyms for prisoner

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captive

convict

defendant

hostage

inmate

malefactor

prisoner of war

respondent

respondents

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captive