Pris"on*er (?), n. [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.
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