† hostagern.
Obsolete.
= hostage n.1 2.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a hostage
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > one who is confined or prisoner > hostage
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 139 Þe castels and ostagers he ȝald þorgh curteysie.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4983 Sende he scholde hym hostagers, Men of gode, barons, pers.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlvi. (R.) Ther wer styll in England hostagers, the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne, therle of Porseen..and dyuers other.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Hostager, one that is pledge for another, hostagier.
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