Meaning
A person who is kept in a prison, or who is held and cannot go free.
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Word origin
From Old French prisonier, from prison, a place of holding.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- prisonier
- English cognates
- prison
Grammar
Examples
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They were people being kept in the jail.
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Here the prisoners are people caught in a war.
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Then he will no longer be a prisoner.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 1: prisoner, signal, effect and 7 more words.