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- [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]
- /ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər/
- /ˈprɪznə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]
- /ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər/
Definitions of prisoner word
- noun prisoner a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process. 1
- noun prisoner prisoner of war. 1
- noun prisoner a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint. 1
- noun prisoner sb in prison 1
- noun prisoner captive 1
- countable noun prisoner A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. 0
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Origin of prisoner
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Anglo-French. See prison, -er2
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Parts of speech for Prisoner
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prisoner popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prisoner usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prisoner
noun prisoner
- appellant — An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime.
- bondman — a feudal serf
- bondmen — a male slave.
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
Antonyms for prisoner
noun prisoner
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- gamekeeper — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- warden — any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
- imprisoner — to confine in or as if in a prison.
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