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prisoner

 [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]  

pris·on·er

   [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]
noun
1.
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
2.
prisoner of war.
3.
a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French. See prison, -er2
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prisoner (ˈprɪzənə)
 
—n
1.  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
2.  a person confined by any of various restraints: we are all prisoners of time
3.  informal take no prisoners to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
4.  take someone prisoner to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war

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