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co-prisoner noun[ C ] (alsocoprisoner)uk /ˌkəʊˈprɪz.ən.ər/ us /ˈkoʊˌprɪz.ən.ɚ/ someone who is a prisoner at the same time and place as another person: Lumu and another co-prisoner escaped last night. He outlines a more troubled experience of imprisonment where co-prisoners do not always get along. He looked down on the less gifted of his co-prisoners. Much detail is lavished on Dengler and his two Western co-prisoners. There are reports that an Australian academic and co-prisoner have gone on a hunger strike. Joseph interprets the dreams of his coprisoners. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases People held in prison captive cellmate con convict dead dead man walkingidiom detainee detenu gaolbird hostage inmate internee jailbird lag lifer political prisoner pow prisoner prisoner of conscience prisoner of war |