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One who is confined in a prison.

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  1. n. One who is confined in a prison.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
  4. 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, n., 24.
  5. n:100 n. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war