Prisoner | Mean of prisoner in English Dictionary

/ˈprɪzn̩ɚ/

• Noun
• a person who is kept in a prison
1. The prisoners [=inmates] have two hours of exercise per day.
2. a political prisoner [=a person put in prison because of his or her political beliefs]
• a person who has been captured and is being kept somewhere
1. He was captured by rebel forces and kept as their prisoner for several months before they set him free.
2. They took him prisoner. = He was taken prisoner. [=they captured him and made him their prisoner]
3. The families were held/kept prisoner for four days.
4. She's a prisoner of her fears. [=she is controlled by her fears]
• to deal with the people you are competing with or trying to defeat in a very harsh way without mercy
1. He takes no prisoners when it comes to running the business.