prisoner
Meaning
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Any person held against their will.
- A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pri‧son‧er
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɪzənə/
Etymology
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.
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