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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pris•on•er /ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one kept in prison or kept in custody, esp. as the result of legal process or during a war:an exchange of prisoners after the armistice.
- a person or thing kept in restraint:a prisoner of his own dreams.
See -pris-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pris•on•er (priz′ə nər, priz′nər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, esp. as the result of legal process.
- See prisoner of war.
- a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
- Anglo-French. See prison, -er2
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prisoner /ˈprɪzənə/ n - a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason
- a person confined by any of various restraints: we are all prisoners of time
- take someone prisoner ⇒ to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
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