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prisoner
noun(pris-on-er)
a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody; especially : one on trial or in prison
prisoner
noun(pris-on-er)
someone restrained as if in prison
prisoner
noun phrase(pris-on-er)
a person captured in war; especially : a member of the armed forces of a nation who is taken by the enemy during combat
prisoner
noun(pris-on-er)
a game in which players on each of two teams seek to tag and imprison players of the other team who have ventured out of their home territory
prisoner
noun phrase(pris-on-er)
someone who is held in prison because of his or her political or religious beliefs
prisoner
noun(pris-on-er)
a person put in prison because of his or her political beliefs
prisoner
idiom(pris-on-er)
to capture and make (someone) one's prisoner
prisoner
noun(pris-on-er)
a fellow prisoner

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