Meaning Of The Word Prisoner

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What's The Definition Of Prisoner?

prisoner
A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
countable noun: A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed.
countable noun: If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that you are trapped by it.

prisoner in American English
a person confined in prison, as for some crime
noun: a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, esp. as the result of legal process

prisoner in British English
noun: a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason

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