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1. (n.) prisoner
a person confined in prison or kept in custody, esp. as the result of legal process.
2. prisoner
a person or thing deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < AF)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prisoner, captive
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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1. (noun) prisoner
sb who is in prison
Seven prisoners are thought to have escaped.
2. prisoner
sb who is captured and forced to stay somewhere
Bank robbers are holding four employees prisoner.
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1. (noun) prisoner
one who is confined in a prison
2. (noun) prisoner
a person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court
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Sense: anyone who has been captured and is held against his will as a criminal, in a war etc
The prisoners escaped from jail.
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 Afrikaans: prisonier |
 Arabic: سَجين |
 Bulgarian: затворник |
 Brazilian: prisioneiro |
 Czech: vězeň, -kyně |
 German: der/die Gefangene |
 Danish: fange |
 Greek: φυλακισμένος, αιχμάλωτος |
 Spanish: preso, recluso; prisioner |
 Estonian: vang |
 Farsi: زندانی |
 Finnish: vanki |
 French: prisonnier/-ière |
 Hebrew: אָסִיר |
 Hindi: बन्दी |
 Hungarian: rab |
 Indonesian: tahanan |
 Icelandic: fangi |
 Italian: prigioniero |
 Japanese: 囚人 |
 Korean: 죄수 |
 Lithuanian: kalinys, belaisvis |
 Latvian: cietumnieks; ieslodzītais |
 Malay: banduan |
 Dutch: gevangene |
 Norwegian: fange |
 Polish: więzień |
 Persian: زندانی |
 Pashto: بندى |
 Portuguese: prisioneiro |
 Romanian: prizonier |
 Russian: заключённый |
 Slovak: väzeň, väzenka |
 Slovenian: zapornik |
 Serbian: zatvorenik |
 Swedish: fånge |
 Thai: นักโทษ |
 Turkish: tutuklu |
 Taiwanese: 囚犯 |
 Ukrainian: в'язень; арештант |
 Urdu: قيدي |
 Vietnamese: tù nhân |
 Chinese: 囚犯 |
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