hostage

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From Old French hostage (French: otage, from hoste or Late Latin obsidanus.)

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Singular
hostage

Plural
hostages

hostage (plural hostages)

  1. 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.

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hostage m.

  1. Nominative plural of hostages
  2. Oblique singular of hostages
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