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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
bail, bond, captive, earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage, guaranty, handsel, hock, mainprise, pawn, pignus, pledge, prisoner, recognizance, replevin, replevy, security, surety, token, token payment, undertaking, vadimonium, vadium |
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Dictionary Results for hostage: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hostage
n 1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another
party will meet specified terms [syn: hostage, surety]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hostage \Hos"tage\, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F.
[^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L.
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a
guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as
a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
Host a landlord.]
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of
the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on
the performance of which the person is to be released.
[1913 Webster]
Your hostages I have, so have you mine;
And we shall talk before we fight. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to
fortune. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Hostage
a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for
the performance of some promise, etc. (2 Kings 14:14; 2 Chr.
25:24).
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