prisoner.
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Meaning & usage
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
Any person held against their will.
A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.
I'm a prisoner of your love.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.
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