prisoner
Plural: prisoners
Noun
- A person confined in prison or held captive.
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
- Any person held against their will.
- A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
Examples
- I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.
- Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
- With no vowels, he felt like a prisoner of his Scrabble rack, unable to move.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.
Scrabble Score: 10
prisoner: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprisoner: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prisoner: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
prisoner: valid Words With Friends Word