English Explanatory Dictionary

confiner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
noun
  1. A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
  2. A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
  3. A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.

Word forms

confiner confiners

Etymology

From confine (verb) + -er.

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