Definitions for prisoner
ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nərpris·on·er

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1. prisoner, captive(noun)

   a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

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1. prisoner(Noun)

   A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.

2. prisoner(Noun)

   Any person held against his or her will.

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1. Prisoner(noun)

   one who is confined in a prison

   Etymology: [F. prisonnier.]

2. Prisoner(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [F. prisonnier.]

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1. Prisoner

   Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In The United States and United Kingdom it was billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H, and in Canada as Caged Women. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation in Australia, and aired on Network Ten, running 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986, after originally only devised as a 16 part mini-series. The series was inspired by British television drama Within These Walls, which had achieved moderate success in Australia. Prisoner producers even approached Googie Withers of Within These Walls to play the role of Prisoner's governor, an offer that she declined. Because of an injunction brought by UK-based ATV, which considered the title too similar to their own series, The Prisoner, it was originally not possible for overseas broadcasters to screen the show under the Prisoner title, which necessitated a name change. In March 2012, it was announced that the series would be "reimagined" on Foxtel in a new version entitled Wentworth.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prisoner' in Nouns Frequency: #985

How to pronounce prisoner?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prisoner in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prisoner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of prisoner in a Sentence

1. Liz Throssell:

   We are deeply concerned that, after recent fighting in Benghazi, people taken prisoner by members of the Libyan National Army, which effectively controls eastern Libya, may be at imminent risk of torture and even summary execution, reports have suggested the involvement of Special Forces, a unit aligned with the LNA, in torturing detainees and summarily executing at least 10 captured men.

2. James Leavelle:

   I was hoping to save my prisoner and I didn't. That goes through my mind more than anything else.

3. Peter Moskos:

   Once he is a prisoner he is absolutely your responsibility, even if there was no malign intent, even if there was no assault, he's your prisoner. He goes into the wagon alive, he can't come out dead.

4. French President Emmanuel Macron:

   This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage.

5. Brian King:

   If not shot in the heart, the prisoner bleeds to death slowly.

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