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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prisoner \Pris"on*er\, noun [F. prisonnier.]
1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman.
2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. --Bouvier.
Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. --Keble.
{Prisoner's base}. See {Base}, noun, 24.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: {prisoner}, {captive}]
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