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单词 prison fellow
释义

prison fellown.

Brit. /ˈprɪzn ˌfɛləʊ/, U.S. /ˈprɪzn ˌfɛloʊ/
Forms: see prison n. and fellow n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prison n., fellow n.
Etymology: < prison n. + fellow n.
Now rare.
A companion in prison; a fellow prisoner.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > fellow-prisoner
fellow prisoner1439
prison fellow1526
tower-fellow1709
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Coloss. iv. 10 Aristarchus my preson felowe [1582 (Rhem.) fellow-prisoner] saluteth you.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1745/2 Ye L. Tho. Grey being my prison fellow.
1613 C. Cotton Mirror Martyrs 118 While she was in prison shee practised with a prison fellow of hers, the wife of one Potkin, to liue both of them with 2 pence halfe-penny a day.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xxxiii. 259 Bishop Barlow, who was prison-fellow with him.
1885 Littell's Living Age 25 Apr. 207/2 Once or twice a prison fellow was given him, and they sang together, but mostly he was alone.
1920 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 18 Mar. The prisoner complained about a week ago to some of his prison fellows of severe stomach aches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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