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POLITICAL PRISONER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does political prisoner mean? 

POLITICAL PRISONER (noun)
  The noun POLITICAL PRISONER has 1 sense:

1. someone who is imprisoned because of their political viewsplay

  Familiarity information: POLITICAL PRISONER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLITICAL PRISONER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is imprisoned because of their political views

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("political prisoner" is a kind of...):

captive; prisoner (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)


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