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prisoner definition

pris·oner (priz′nər, priz′ən ər)

noun

  1. a person confined in prison, as for some crime
  2. a person held in custody
  3. a person captured or held captive: often in metaphorical usage a prisoner of love

Etymology: ME < OFr prisonier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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