Synonyms for prisoner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : priz-uh-ner, priz-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər |
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Définition of prisoner
Origin :- "person in prison, captive person," late 14c. (earlier "a jailer," mid-13c., but this did not survive Middle English), from Old French prisonier "captive, hostage" (12c., Modern French prisonnier), from prisoun (see prison (n.)). Captives taken in war have been called prisoners since mid-14c.; phrase prisoner of war dates from 1670s (see also POW). Prisoner's dilemma attested from 1957.
- noun person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
- But for the knowledge that he was a prisoner, Robert would have enjoyed his present situation.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Daubenton and a huissier departed with the prisoner and four gendarmes.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I trust that I am now the prisoner of some honorable knight or gentleman.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Even after the shutting of the door behind the prisoner, the pause endured for some moments.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Mother's made a prisoner of the professor already, but he doesn't know it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- If you will let me go and tell the doctor, I will come back here and be your prisoner.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Then I command you, in the name of the Queen, to give no assistance to this prisoner, but to do as I tell you.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Napoleon, the prisoner in the school "lock-up," raged for a while like a caged lion.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- Simba next called to Mali-ya-bwana to interrogate the other prisoner apart.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- "This is the prisoner of which I spoke to you," said Kingozi in a loud voice.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
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