prisoner
English
/ˈpɹɪzənə/, /ˈpɹɪzənəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Any person held against their will.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English prisoner derived from Old French prisonier suffix from English prison.
Origin
English
prison
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiprison English
- coprisoner English
- cryoprison English
- disprison English
- emprison English
- enprison English
- nonprison English
- nonprisoner English
- postprison English
- prison English
- prison bitch English
- prison guard English
- prisonerlike English
- prisonguard English
- prisonhouse English
- prisonless English
- prisonlike English
- prisonment English
- prisonous English
- stateprison English
- unprison English
- prigione Italian
- prison French
- prisoner Middle English
- prisoun Middle English
- prisounen Middle English
- prison Old French
- prisonier Old French
- prisoniere Old French
- prisonnyi Norman