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prisoner2 (s.xiii1/3)
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prisoner2 (s.xiii1/3)

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prisonere,  prisonier,  prisonner,  prisonnier,  prisouner,  prisounere,  prisuner;  prisoneur;  prysoner,  prysonner  (priusoner  Foedera1 iii 730)  
  FEW:  prehensio 9,355a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  prisonnier 10,420b TL: prisonier 7,1902 DEAF:  prison (prisonier)  DMF:  prisonnier  TLF:  prisonnier  OED:  prisoner n.2  MED:  prisoner n.2  DMLBS:  prisonarius 2468b

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lawprisoner, one who is incarcerated: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Lui e tuz ses prisuner Qu’il out pris le jur devant  Brut Royal 286
( 1357 )  le dit roi d’Escoce [...] se rendra a la prisoun le roi d’Engleterre [...] pur demurer prisonner tan qe [...]  Rot Scot i 812
( c.1375 )  se aucune nef, biens, marchandises, ou prisonniers ennemys (var. (V: s.xv1) prisoners enemyes; (S: c.1430-40) prisonners ennemis) estoient pris sur la mer en temps de guerre [...]  Blk Bk Adm 144
( 1425 )  [...] come il par fortune de guerre [...] en les parties de Fraunce estoit pris, et prisounere illeoqes unqore demoert  Rot Parl1 iv 284.25
prisoner de guerre
mil.prisoner of war, person captured in battle (whose release may be subject to a ransom): 
( 1358-59 )  Sire David de Bruys, nostre prisouner de guerre  Rot Scot i 835
( 1359 )  roi d'Angleterre, de qi nous sumes prisoner de guerre  Foedera1 iii 419
tenir prisoner
lawto hold prisoner, incarcerate: 
( MS: 1419 )  les viscountz poent par usage tener qecouncqes prysoners devaunt eaux condempnez  Lib Alb 215

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See also:

prison  prisonee  prisonement  prisoner1  prisoneré 
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