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单词 détenu
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détenun.

/deɪt(ə)ˈnuː//ˈdeɪt(ə)nuː/
Etymology: French; substantive use of détenu detained, past participle of détenir to detain. (The French feminine is détenue.)
A person detained in custody. Applied especially to the English subjects detained as prisoners in France, and the French subjects detained in England during the Wars 1793–1815.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > awaiting trial or held in custody
prisoner at the bar1556
détenu1803
detainee1928
chummy1948
undertrial1966
1803–1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) That these detenus (we are borne out by the public prints for using the term) would remain as hostages to secure to men in open rebellion all the rights and privileges of fair warriors.
1815 Sporting Mag. 46 84 He was a detenu for eleven years at Verdun.
1819 B. E. O'Meara Expos. Trans. St. Helena 139 The inhabitants..are in general greatly benefitted by the arrival of the detenus.
1862 Times 8 July 12/4 If detention in its carriages is frequent, it is a reason for making the détenus as comfortable as possible.
1889 Athenæum 13 July 65/3 Down to the release of the détenus at Verdun.
1918 Parl. Papers (Cd. 9198) VIII. 105 (title) Report of Sir N. Chandavarka and Mr. Justice Beachcroft on Detenus and Internees in Bengal.
1920 H. V. Lovett Hist. Indian Nationalist Movement vii. 196 The Committee recommended the release of six only of all the above enumerated détenus.
1956 M. Collis Last & First in Burma xxiii. 209 He had passed through Uganda and was able to secure for the détenu some extra comforts.
1969 Hindusthan Standard (Calcutta) 5 Aug. 8/1 The High Court asking for production of the detenus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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