Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - prisoner
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Prisoner
prisoner
~ n 1 someone who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime (The prisoners are allowed an hour's exercise every day.) 2 someone who is taken by force and kept somewhere, for example during a war (enemy prisoners | political prisoners | hold/keep sb prisoner) (The guerillas kept her prisoner for three months. | take sb prisoner) (The captain was taken prisoner by enemy soldiers.)
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(prisoners) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. = inmate N-COUNT 2. A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war. ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners... He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942. N-COUNT: also hold/take n N 3. If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that your are trapped by it. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it... N-COUNT: N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 14th century 1. a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody; especially one on trial or in prison 2. someone restrained as if in prison a ~ of her own conscience ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a person kept in prison. 2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a criminal charge and on trial. 3 a person or thing confined by illness, another's grasp, etc. 4 (in full prisoner of war) a person who has been captured in war. Phrases and idioms prisoner of conscience see CONSCIENCE. prisoner of State (or State prisoner) a person confined for political reasons. prisoner's base a game played by two parties of boys etc., each occupying a distinct base or home. take prisoner seize and hold as a prisoner. Etymology: ME f. AF prisoner, OF prisonier (as PRISON) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. заключенный, арестант, узник prisoner of state, state prisoner —- государственный преступник prisoner of conscience —- узник совести political prisoner —- политический заключенный to keep smb. prisoner —- держать кого-л. в заключении 2. подсудимый (также prisoner at the bar) 3. военнопленный (также prisoner of war) to take (to make) smb. prisoner —- взять кого-л. в плен 4. пленник, узник; человек, лишенный свободы действия и т. п. prisoner of love —- пленник любви to be a prisoner to one's chair —- быть прикованным к креслу a bad cold kept me prisoner in my room —- сильная простуда заставила меня сидеть дома ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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of State государственный преступник; политический заключенный PRISONER on bail подсудимый, отпущенный на поруки PRISONER noun 1) заключенный, узник; арестованный (тж. prisoner at the bar); - prisoner on bail - prisoner of State 2) подсудимый 3) (военно)пленный (тж. prisoner of war) 4) fig. человек, лишенный свободы действия; he is a prisoner to his chair - он прикован (болезнью) к креслу ...Англо-русский словарь
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