PRIS'ONER, noun One who is confined in a prison by legal arrest or warrant. 1. A person under arrest or in custody of the sheriff, whether in prison or not; as a prisoner at the bar of a court. 2. A captive; one taken by an enemy in war. 3. One whose liberty is restrained, as a bird in a cage.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI