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prisoner
English
Etymology
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin pris?n?rius), equivalent to prison +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??z?n?/, /?p??zn?/
- (Canada, US) IPA(key): /?p??z?n??/
- Rhymes: -?z?n?(?)
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners)
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Any person held against their will.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
Related terms
- imprison
- prison
Translations
Anagrams
- Perrinos, erpornis
Middle English
Etymology 1
Form prisounen +? -er.
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners)
- one who imprisons (others); a jailer
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French prisonier; equivalent to prisoun +? -er.
Alternative forms
- prisonere, prysonere, prysoner, presoner
- (Cornwall) prisner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pri?zo?n?r/, /?priz?n?r/
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners or prisoneres)
- prisoner
- captive, prisoner of war
Descendants
- English: prisoner
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offender
English
Alternative forms
- offendor (obsolete)
- offendour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman offendour.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Noun
offender (plural offenders)
- One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
- A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
Derived terms
- juvenile offender
- repeat offender
Translations
References
- “offender”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- forefend, reoffend
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