English-Thai Dictionary

prisoner

N นักโทษ  ผู้ต้องหา  ผู้ ต้อง ขัง  captive convict nak-tod

 

prisoner of war

N เชลยศึก  captive POW chs-loi-suek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRISONER

n.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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRISONER

Pris "on *er, n. Etym: [F. prisonnier. ]

 

1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman.

 

2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. Bouvier. Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. Keble.Prisoner's base. See Base, n., 24.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prisoner

pris on er |ˈpriz (ə )nər ˈprɪznər | ▶noun a person legally held in prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial. • a person captured and kept confined by an enemy, opponent, or criminal: the heroine was being held prisoner in a cave | 200 rebels were taken prisoner . • a person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or set of circumstances: he's become a prisoner of the publicity he's generated. PHRASES take no prisoners be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison (see prison ).

 

prisoner of conscience

pris on er of con science |ˈprɪznər | ▶noun a person who has been imprisoned for holding political or religious views that are not tolerated by their own government.

 

prisoner of state

prisoner of state (also state prisoner ) ▶noun a person confined on the authority of the state for political reasons.

 

prisoner of war

pris on er of war |ˈprɪznər əv ˈwɔ (ə )r |(abbr.: POW ) ▶noun a person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.

 

prisoner's base

pris on er's base ▶noun a chasing game played by two groups of children each occupying a distinct base or home.

 

prisoner's dilemma

pris on er's di lem ma ▶noun (in game theory ) a situation in which two players each have two options whose outcome depends crucially on the simultaneous choice made by the other, often formulated in terms of two prisoners separately deciding whether to confess to a crime.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prisoner

pris |on ¦er |ˈprɪz (ə )nə | ▶noun a person legally committed to prison as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial. • a person captured and kept confined by an enemy or criminal: she may have been held prisoner before being killed | 200 rebels were taken prisoner . • a person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation: he's become a prisoner of the publicity he's generated. PHRASES take no prisoners be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison (see prison ).

 

prisoner of conscience

pris |on ¦er of con |science ▶noun a person who has been put in prison for holding political or religious views that are not tolerated in the state in which they live.

 

prisoner of state

prisoner of state (also state prisoner ) ▶noun a person confined on the authority of the state for political reasons.

 

prisoner of war

prisoner of war (abbrev.: POW ) ▶noun a person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.

 

prisoner's base

pris ¦on |er's base ▶noun [ mass noun ] a chasing game played by two groups of children each occupying a distinct base or home.

 

prisoner's dilemma

prisoner's dilemma ▶noun (in game theory ) a situation in which two players each have two options whose outcome depends crucially on the simultaneous choice made by the other, often formulated in terms of two prisoners separately deciding whether to confess to a crime.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prisoner

prisoner noun 1 a prisoner serving a life sentence: convict, detainee, inmate; informal jailbird, con, lifer, yardbird. 2 the army took many prisoners: captive, internee, prisoner of war, POW.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prisoner

prisoner noun 1 a prisoner serving a life sentence: convict, inmate; trusty; informal jailbird, con, lifer; Brit. informal (old ) lag; N. Amer. informal yardbird; archaic transport. 2 the army took several hundred prisoners: prisoner of war, POW; hostage, captive, detainee, internee.

 

Duden Dictionary

Prisoner of War

Pri so ner of War Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈprɪz (ə )nə (r ) əf ˈwɔː |der Prisoner of War; Prisoner of War, Prisoners of War englisch prisoner of war, zu: prisoner = Gefangener und war = Krieg englische Bezeichnung für: Kriegsgefangener Abkürzung: POW

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prisoner

pris on er /prɪ́z (ə )nə r /→prison 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 囚人 , 受刑者 ; 抑留 [拘禁 ]中の容疑者 , 被告 ▸ a prisoner in jail 収監された受刑者 ▸ release innocent prisoners 無罪の囚人を釈放する ▸ a political prisoner ≒a prisoner of conscience 政治犯 ▸ a prisoner at the bar 公判中の被告人 2 C U 捕虜 ▸ a prisoner of war 捕虜 (｟略 ｠POW )▸ be taken [kept, held ] prisoner 捕虜になる 3 C とりこ , とらわれの身 ▸ They are prisoners of their own past .彼らは自らの過去にとらわれている t à ke n ó pr í soners 捕虜にせず皆殺しにする ; 容赦しない .～̀ 's b á se (子供の )陣取り遊び .～̀ 's dil é mma 〘心 〙囚人のジレンマ 〘相手の選択肢によって自分の利益が変わるのでお互いどうしてよいかわからない状況 〙.