prisoner
English
Etymology
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪzənə/, /ˈpɹɪznə/
- (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪzənəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪzənə(ɹ)
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners)
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Any person held against their will.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0105:
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
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Related terms
- imprison
- prison
Translations
person incarcerated in a prison
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figurative: any person held against his or her will
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Anagrams
- Perrinos, erpornis
Middle English
Etymology 1
Form prisounen + -er.
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners)
- one who imprisons (others); a jailer
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French prisonier; equivalent to prisoun + -er.
Alternative forms
- prisonere, prysonere, prysoner, presoner
- (Cornwall) prisner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priˈzoːnər/, /ˈprizɔnər/
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners or prisoneres)
- prisoner
- captive, prisoner of war
Descendants
- English: prisoner