prisoner
English
Etymology
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners)
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Synonym: jailbird
Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.
2024 August 1, Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, “Who was freed in major prisoner swap between Russia and the West?”, in CNN[1]:American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among the 24 detainees released as part of a complex prisoner swap between Russia, the US and other Western nations. […] Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel serving a life sentence in a German prison, was on the top of Moscow’s list of Russian prisoners it wanted to exchange.
- Any person held against their will.
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; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii: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.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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.
- 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. I'm a prisoner of your love.
1976, “Coyote”, in Hejira, performed by Joni Mitchell:You're not a hit and run driver, no no, racing away. You just picked up a hitcher, a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway
Derived terms
Translations
person incarcerated in a prison
- Abkhaz: абаандаҩы́ (abaandajʷə́)
- Albanian: i burgosur (sq), i burgosun (sq) (Gheg), rob (sq) m
- Arabic: سَجِين m (sajīn), سَجِينَة f (sajīna), مَحْبُوس m (maḥbūs), مَحْبُوسَة f (maḥbūsa)
- Armenian: բանտարկյալ (hy) (bantarkyal)
- Asturian: presu m, prisioneru m
- Azerbaijani: məhbus (az), əsir (az)
- Belarusian: вя́зень m (vjázjenʹ), зняво́лены m (znjavóljeny), арышта́нт m (aryštánt), арышта́нтка f (aryštántka)
- Bengali: বন্দী (bn) (bondi), জিন্দানবাসী (zindanbaśī)
- Breton: prizoniad (br) m
- Bulgarian: затво́рник (bg) m (zatvórnik), затво́рничка f (zatvórnička), затво́рница f (zatvórnica)
- Burmese: ထောင်သား (my) (htaungsa:)
- Catalan: pres (ca) m, presoner (ca) m
- Cebuano: bilanggo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 囚犯 (zh) (qiúfàn)
- Czech: vězeň (cs) m, vězeňkyně f
- Danish: fange (da) c
- Dutch: gevangene (nl) m or f
- Egyptian: (ḫnr)
- Esperanto: malliberulo, kaptito, prizonulo
- Estonian: vang (et), karistatu
- Faroese: fangi m
- Finnish: vanki (fi)
- French: prisonnier (fr) m, prisonnière (fr) f
- Galician: preso (gl) m, prisioneiro (gl) m
- Georgian: პატიმარი (ṗaṭimari), ტუსაღი (ṭusaɣi)
- German: Gefangener (de) m, Gefangene (de) f, Häftling (de) m, Strafgefangener (de) m, Gefängnisinsasse (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 m (bandja)
- Greek: κρατούμενος (el) m (kratoúmenos), φυλακισμένος (el) m (fylakisménos)
- Ancient Greek: δεσμώτης m (desmṓtēs)
- Haitian Creole: prizonye
- Hebrew: אָסִיר (he) m (asír), אֲסִירָה f (asirá)
- Hiligaynon: bilanggo
- Hindi: बँधुआ (hi) m (bandhuā), बंदी (hi) m (bandī), क़ैदी m (qaidī), बद्धक (hi) m (baddhak)
- Hungarian: rab (hu), fogoly (hu)
- Icelandic: fangi (is) m, bandingi (is) m
- Ilocano: balud
- Indonesian: tahanan (id)
- Irish: cime m, príosúnach m
- Italian: prigioniero (it) m, prigioniera (it) f
- Japanese: 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin), 捕虜 (ja) (ほりょ, horyo) (prisoner of war)
- Jarai: mơnă
- Kazakh: қамалған (qamalğan), қамалушы (qamaluşy), қорытылған (qorytylğan), тұтқын (kk) (tūtqyn)
- Khmer: អ្នកទោស (nĕək tooh), មនុស្សទោស (mɔnuh tooh), ឈ្លើយ (km) (chləəy)
- Korean: 죄수(罪囚) (ko) (joesu), 죄인(罪人) (ko) (joein), 수감자(收監者) (ko) (sugamja), 재소자(在所者) (ko) (jaesoja), 기결수(旣決囚) (ko) (gigyeolsu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: girtî (ku), zindanî (ku), êsîr (ku), dîl (ku), bendî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: камалуучу (kamaluucu), туткун (ky) (tutkun)
- Lao: ນັກໂທດ (nak thōt), ຊະເລີຍ (sa lœ̄i)
- Latin: captus (la) m
- Latvian: ieslodzītais m, cietumnieks m, gūsteknis m
- Laz: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: kalinys m
- Luxembourgish: Prisonnéier m, Gefaangenen m
- Macedonian: затвореник m (zatvorenik), затвореничка f (zatvorenička), затвореница f (zatvorenica)
- Malay: banduan (ms)
- Malayalam: തടവുപുള്ളി (taṭavupuḷḷi), തടവുകാരൻ m (taṭavukāraṉ)
- Maltese: priġunier m, maqbud m
- Māori: herehere
- Marathi: कैदी m (kaidī)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хоригдол (mn) (xorigdol), хоригдогч (mn) (xorigdogč)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fange (no) m
- Occitan: presonièr (oc) m
- Old English: rǣpling m
- Old Norse: bandingi m
- Pashto: بندي (ps) m (bandí), اسير (ps) m (asír)
- Persian: زندانی (fa) (zendâni), بندی (fa) (bandi), اسیر (fa) (asir), محبوس (fa) (mahbus)
- Plautdietsch: Jefangna m
- Polish: więzień (pl) m, więźniarka (pl) f
- Portuguese: prisioneiro (pt) m, preso (pt) m
- Romanian: pușcăriaș (ro) m, prizonier (ro) m
- Russian: заключённый (ru) m (zaključónnyj), заключённая (ru) m (zaključónnaja), ареста́нт (ru) m (arestánt), ареста́нтка (ru) f (arestántka)
- Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:बन्दिन्
- Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: затворѐнӣк m, затворѐница f, ка̏жњенӣк m, заробљѐнӣк m, заробљѐница f
- Latin: zatvorènīk (sh) m, zatvorènica (sh) f, kȁžnjenīk (sh) m, zarobljènīk (sh) m, zarobljènica (sh) f
- Slovak: väzeň m, väzeňkyňa f
- Slovene: zapornik (sl) m, zapornica f, jetnik m, jetnica f
- Spanish: prisionero (es) m, preso (es) m
- Swahili: mahabusu (sw), mfungwa (sw)
- Swedish: fånge (sv) c, fängelsekund c, intern (sv) c
- Tagalog: bilanggo (tl), kalabos
- Tajik: маҳбус (mahbus), зиндони (zindon-i), асир (tg) (asir)
- Tamil: கைதி (ta) (kaiti)
- Telugu: ఖైదీ (te) (khaidī)
- Tewa: pan
- Thai: นักโทษ (th) (nák-tôot), เชลย (th) (chá-ləəi)
- Tibetan: བཙོན་པ (btson pa)
- Turkish: mahkum (tr), mahpus (tr), esir (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: اسیر (esir)
- Turkmen: tussag, ýesir
- Tuvan: кара-бажыңнаттырган (kara-bajıñnattırgan)
- Ukrainian: в'я́зень (uk) m (vʺjázenʹ), арешта́нт (uk) m (areštánt), арешта́нтка (uk) f (areštántka)
- Urdu: قیدی m (qaidī), بندی m (bandī)
- Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
- Uzbek: mahbus (uz), bandi (uz), asir (uz), mahkum (uz)
- Vietnamese: tù nhân (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) fanäböpäb, (♂) hifanäböpäb, (♀) jifanäböpäb, fanäb (vo)
- Yiddish: אַרעסטאַנט m (arestant)
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figurative: any person held against his or her will
- Asturian: presu m, prisioneru m
- Belarusian: вя́зень m (vjázjenʹ), пало́ннік m (palónnik), пало́нніца f (palónnica), няво́льнік m (njavólʹnik), няво́льніца f (njavólʹnica), пало́нны m (palónny), пало́нная f (palónnaja)
- Bulgarian: пле́нник (bg) m (plénnik), пле́нничка f (plénnička), пле́нница f (plénnica)
- Catalan: pres (ca) m, presoner (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎠᏴᎩ (ayvgi)
- Czech: zajatec (cs) m, zajatkyně f, vězeň (cs) m, vězeňkyně f
- Finnish: vanki (fi)
- French: prisonnier (fr) m, prisonnière (fr) f
- Galician: preso (gl) m, prisioneiro (gl) m
- German: Gefangener (de) m, Gefangene (de) f
- Greek: κρατούμενος (el) m (kratoúmenos), φυλακισμένος (el) m (fylakisménos), δέσμιος (el) m (désmios)
- Irish: príosúnach m
- Japanese: とりこ (ja) (toriko)
- Plautdietsch: Jefangna m
- Polish: jeniec (pl) m
- Portuguese: prisioneiro (pt) m, preso (pt) m
- Russian: пле́нный (ru) m (plénnyj), пле́нная (ru) f (plénnaja) esp. POW, пле́нник (ru) m (plénnik), пле́нница (ru) f (plénnica), у́зник (ru) m (úznik), у́зница (ru) f (úznica)
- Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: заробљѐнӣк m, заробљѐница f, у̏знӣк m, у̏зница f
- Latin: zarobljènīk (sh) m, zarobljènica (sh) f, ȕznīk (sh) m, ȕznica (sh) f
- Slovak: zajatec m, zajatkyňa f, väzeň m, väzeňkyňa f
- Slovene: ujetnik (sl) m, ujetnica f
- Spanish: prisionero (es) m, preso (es) m
- Swedish: fånge (sv) c
- Turkish: esir (tr), tutsak (tr)
- Ukrainian: в'я́зень (uk) m (vʺjázenʹ), полоне́ник m (polonényk), полоня́нин m (polonjányn), полоня́нка f (polonjánka), бра́нець (uk) m (bránecʹ), бра́нка (uk) f (bránka), полоне́ний m (polonényj), полоне́на f (polonéna)
- Volapük: (♂♀) fanäban, (♂) hifanäban, (♀) jifanäban
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
- Icelandic: (please verify) fangi (is) m
- Italian: (please verify) prigioniero (it) m
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: (please verify) بەندی (bendî)
- Norwegian: (please verify) fange (no)
- Old English: (please verify) hæft
- Spanish: (please verify) preso (es) m
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Anagrams
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prizuˈneːr/, /ˈprizunər/
Noun
prisoner (plural prisoners or prisoneres)
- prisoner
- captive, prisoner of war
Descendants
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