Category:Prisoner

Pris"on*er, n. Etym: [f. prisonnier.]

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.