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prisoners

UK/ˈpɹɪzənəz//ˈpɹɪzənɚz/

prisoners is the plural of prisoner.

Meaning of prisoner

Noun

prisoner (plural prisoners)

  1. A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
    • Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
    Synonyms:
    jailbird
  2. Any person held against their will.
    • And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords / And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, / Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue / For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
    • I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.

Phrases with prisoners

Questions about prisoners

What is prisoners the plural of?
Prisoners is the plural of prisoner.
How do you pronounce prisoners?
Prisoners is pronounced /ˈpɹɪzənɚz/ (US).

Words near prisoners in the dictionary

  1. prisoner's cinema
  2. prisoner's friend
  3. prisoner-of-war camp
  4. prisoner-of-war camps
  5. prisonerlike
  6. prisoners
  7. prisoners at large
  8. prisoners of conscience
  9. prisoners of war
  10. prisoners' bars
  11. prisonful

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